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| Record Name(s) | Crosby Silica Deposit (Area B) - 1960, Rio Tinto Property - 1960, Riocanex Area B - 1960, OGS Sample Le-5 - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Silica Sand
Township or Area: South Crosby, South Crosby, South Crosby, South Crosby
Latitude: 44° 40' 44.07" Longitude: -76° 16' 18.86"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 399196 Northing: 4948069 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NE
Point Location Description: Area B on figure 4 in IMR009
Location Method: Data Compilation
1960-62: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Limited - DD-38, analysis.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conglomerate | 2 | Footwall |
Nov 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The sandstone is described as white in colour with rounded grains friable sandstone.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Nov 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The Rio Tinto/Riocanex diamond drilling program established that the sandstone might be amenable to beneficiation to a glass-grade and foundry sand. A sample collected by the OGS in 1978 returned the following analysis: 98.86% SiO2, 0.18% Fe2O3, 0.30% Al2O3, 0.08% MgO and 0.20 CaO.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Crosby Silica Deposit (Area B) | 1963 | Unclassified | 7213932 | IMR009 | Two zones were identified as being amenable to milling. Zone 1 is 13.5 ft in thickness and comprises 5,000,000 tons (5080234 tonnes) of sandstone. It is overlain by 3.9 ft of quartzitic sandstone and 2.6 ft of soil. The second zone averages 17.7 ft in thickness and contains 2,100,000 tons (2133698 tonnes) of sandstone. |
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-13-14, II-16 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Page: 21-23 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Part - Sandstone as a source of silica sands in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV55-05 Page: 23-24 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 Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L., Baker M.B., Wright J.F., Wilson A.E., Wilson M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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