Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Rio Tinto Area D - 2000, Rio Tinto - 1963, Elgin Silica Deposit (Area D) - 1963, Sample Le-9 - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Sep-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Silica Sand
Township or Area: South Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard
Latitude: 44° 38' 11.23" Longitude: -76° 13' 21.22"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 403036 Northing: 4943293 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NE
Point Location Description: outcrop symbol farthest north along Bastard - South Crosby boundary, 3 km southwest of Forfar
Location Method: Data Compilation
Circa 1912: Canadian Mines Branch – sampling. 1960-61: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Limited – DD-27-1384 ft.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Impure Calcitic | Is |
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| Conglomerate | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - Sample Le-6 assayed: 96.21% SiO2, 0.25% Fe2O3, 0.61% Al2O3, 0.14% MgO and 1.20% CaO. A sample collected from lot 29 con 5 in Bastard Township in 1912 assayed 97.4% SiO2,0.39% Fe2O3,1.21% Al2O3, 0.7 CaO, 0.14% Mg.
Book - Silica in Canada, p.58
Publication Number: No. 504 Scale: Date: 1919
Author:
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location: Tweed RGO
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Westport area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2723 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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