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Record: MDI000000000617

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McDougall - 1942
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 2009-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: McDougall

Latitude: 45° 27' 31.31"    Longitude: -79° 56' 46.56"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 582385   Northing: 5034448    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05NW

Point Location Description: precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Travel south from highway 124 on Hurdville secondary road for 4 km. Follow trail north for 1.6 km keeping to the right to the small quarry.



Exploration History

Circa 1926- shaft or trenches excavated; 1937: an estimated 40 tons of material excavated and stockpiled.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 07, 2009 (A Wilson) - The property is described as consisting of 3 pegmatite dikes outcropping on a ridge to the south of a swamp. The most prospective dike was described as 15 ft wide and had been trenched for 40 feet. The grade of the mica was described as not grade 1.




Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 59-60  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area

Publication Number: R052 Page: 47  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 22  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Mineral deposits studies in the Huntsville-Parry Sound-Powassan area, a progress report

Publication Number: OFR5647 Page: 115-119  Date: 1987

Author: Marmont C., Johnston M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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