Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Little Island Quartz - 1961, Ormiston Island - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Quartz, Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Leeds
Latitude: 44° 19' 14.68" Longitude: -76° 10' 5.9"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 406838 Northing: 4908162 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08SE
Point Location Description: quarry/pit
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: At Little Island.
Circa 1920: quarrying of quartz crystals. Additional quarrying 1950-53
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granitic | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1951 | 1 | ARV61-2, p. 93 | A total of 859 pounds of quartz crystals were removed of which 322 pounds were of commercial value. | |
| 1950 | 1 | ARV60-2, p. 91 | A total of 1000 (0.45 t) pounds of quartz crystals were removed. |
Map - Geology, Gananoque, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 27-1962 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1962
Author: Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108828
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Bath-Yorkshire Island area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2497 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Carson D.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Gananoque, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 18-1970 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1970
Author: Liberty, B A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108909
Publication - Occurrences of quartz crystals, Leeds county, southeastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 44-8
Publication Number: Paper 44-8 Scale: Date: 1944
Author: Harrison, M; Fortier, Y O
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101263
Map - Gananoque area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000 Date: 1985
Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1950
Publication Number: ARV60-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1951
Publication Number: ARV61-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1952
Publication Number: ARV62-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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