Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI31B12SW00005
| Record Name(s) | Lyn Quartzite - 1963, Samples 60-48 and 60-49 - 1960 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica)
Secondary Commodities: Silica Sand
Township or Area: Elizabethtown
Latitude: 44° 34' 34.71" Longitude: -75° 46' 47.22"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 438090 Northing: 4936181 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B12SW
Point Location Description: Point 0.6 km south-east of Lyn. Site of former sand pit.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Samples taken on a prominent ridge of white quartzite which lies S of Lyn and extends E-W for 5-6 ml over a width of 1/2 ml. # 60-48 is a chip sample taken across 100 ft, just S of the Lyn sand pit. # 60-49 is a chip sample taken across 150 ft, 11/4 ml NE of sample # 60-48.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Quartzite | Is |
|---|
Nov 28, 2013 (C Papertzian) - Extensive ridges of white quartzite are exposed in a belt, 6-8 ml long, along the St. Lawrence River from Kingston to Brockville. In Elizabethtown township, 2 samples were taken c 1963 (# 60-48 and # 60-49), 1 sample c 1949 and 1 sample in 1918 (# 1726).
Nov 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - The quartzite is white to glassy, medium- to coarse-grained and completely recrystallized. There are minor intrusions of granite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Nov 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - Sample 60-48 assayed: 90.36% SiO2, 1.03% Fe2O3, 0.90% Al2O3, 0.31% MgO and 0.07% CaO. It was collected across a 100 ft section of the ridge. Sample 60-49 assayed: 95.58% SiO2, 1.36% Fe2O3, 1.13% Al2O3, 0.27% MgO and 0.19% CaO. It was a chip sample collected across 150 ft of the quartzite ridge 1.5 mi northeast of sample 60-48.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
Book - Silica in Canada, Memorandum Series 104
Publication Number: MS 104 Page: 9 Date: 1949
Author: MacPherson, A.R.
Publisher Name: Canada Department of Mines, Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Page: 15-16 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Summary report of the mines branch of the department of mines for the calendar year ending December 31 1918; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 509
Publication Number: CMB Pub 509 Page: 56 Date: 1920
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307720
Publication - Silica in Canada its occurrence, exploitation, and uses part I Eastern Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 555
Publication Number: CMB 555 Page: 555 Date: 1923
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307756
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Southern Ontario Resident Geologist District Office