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Record: MDI31C07NE00032

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Feldspar Quarries - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Feb-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Portland

Latitude: 44° 28' 13.68"    Longitude: -76° 44' 57.06"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 360873.295   Northing: 4925616.652    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 4 km west from Verona station, on the Canadian Pacific Railway or ESE of Bellrock.



Exploration History

Worked from 1915 to 1919, produced 6,000 tons of feldspar.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5FeldsparEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731

Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 40, 84  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Book - NMI #071543

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV27-01.003 Page: 139-140  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Mono - Feldspar in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR003 Page: 10  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 18  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 19  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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