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MDI41I08NW00005
| Record Name(s) | Consolidated Feldspar Mine Ltd - 1925, Deer Creek - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica, Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Ratter
Latitude: 46° 28' 31.95" Longitude: -80° 18' 4.33"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 553643.999 Northing: 5147123 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I08NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Access is from Warren on highway 17. Travel 4.6 km north on highway 539, west on Griffith Road for 0.1 km then left on Anderson Road for 700 m, then south on Gravel Rd at signage 195. Continue south for 1.5 km to a point where the main road turns left along the fence line and a trail continues southward for 400 m to the site.
1926-28: Consolidated Feldspar Ltd. - open cutting and mining, 905 tons produced. 1950's: diamond drilling/assessment for silica 1981: Geotek Exploration and Prospecting Inc. - property assessment, 47 ddh, bulk sampling, trenching, mapping
Feb 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - The workings consist of a dyke of pink spar that is heavily iron stained within gneiss. Work was confined to a small open-cut carried into the side of a ridge for a distance of 50 feet. Some reports identify a 70 foot deep shaft on the property.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Hornblende-Biotite | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Muscovite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - Biotite and muscovite crystals are sparsely scattered throughout the dike. The dike is not radioactive. The worked faces of the open pit display well-segregated quartz and pink feldspar. Only scattered feldspar remains at the site. Some of the microcline may be suitable for dental spar. The majority of the material remaining is quartz.
Map - Burwash, Nipissing, Parry Sound, and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2271 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1974
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Burwash area, districts of Nipissisng, Parry Sound, and Sudbury
Publication Number: R116 Page: 139 Date: 1975
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of the Sudbury area
Publication Number: OFR5329 Page: 89-90 Date: 1981
Author: Vos M.A., Smith B.A., Stevenato R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Ratter Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF252 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 61 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 22 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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