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Record: MDI31C08SW00067

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) East Lake - 1923
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-May-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: Pittsburgh

Latitude: 44° 23' 31.32"    Longitude: -76° 20' 49.2"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 392719   Northing: 4916299    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: approximate location of sample

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Just northwest of Washburn.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The sandstone located at this site is salmon pink in colour as a result of iron oxide coating on the quartz grains.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilicaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Part - Sandstone as a source of silica sands in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV55-05 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Keith M.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Part of southeastern Ontario showing distribution of Potsdam sandstone

Publication Number: M1946-09 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Keith M.L., Baker M.B., Wright J.F., Wilson A.E., Wilson M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Gananoque-Wolfe Island area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2496 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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