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Record: MDI31C09NW00063

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sample No. 105 - 1949, OGS Le-7 - 1979, Crosby West - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: South Crosby

Latitude: 44° 39' 26.02"    Longitude: -76° 16' 54.32"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 398377.36   Northing: 4945672.96    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NW

Point Location Description: Point 1.8 km WNW of Crosby.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 2 miles east of Newboro station, between Hwy 42 and the railway, in a 10 ft cliff.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is
Conglomerate 2 Quartz Pebble Footwall

Lithology Comments

Nov 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - Potsdam sandstone is exposed in a 10 ft cliff face. The upper 4 feet of the section shows some limonite spots from 4-8 mm in diameter and a pitted surface. The pitted surface suggest the presence of concretionary carbonate masses in the cementing mud. The lower 6 feet of the section is composed of white siliceous sandstone.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - Sample 105 assayed: 98.41% SiO2, 0.19% Fe2O3, 0.54% Al2O3, 0.07% MgO and 0.39% CaO.



Mineral Record Details

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

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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

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