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Record: MDI000000000618

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bloom Property - 1926
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' 16.26"    Longitude: -79° 57' 23.44"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 581590   Northing: 5033973    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 the trail north for 400 m keeping to the right to the pit.



Exploration History

1926: Bloom - 20'x10' excavation, stripping




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 07, 2009 (A Wilson) - The dike is described as being 20 feet wide and consists of a good grade of pink spar cut by small quartz stringers. The principal impurities are dark mica and allanite which are present in some quantity in medium-sized crystals. Two other dikes also are found within a few hundred feet of the main pit.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731

Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 56  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887


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

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5647 Page: 113-115  Date: 1987

Author: Marmont C., Johnston M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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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