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| Record Name(s) | Higley Lake - 1943, Quartz Crystal Mines Ltd. - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Jun-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Lansdowne
Latitude: 44° 30' 11.02" Longitude: -76° 4' 4.17"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 415114.76 Northing: 4928303.78 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09SE
Point Location Description: pit near south west end of Higley Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The pits are scattered in a wooded area and are not easy to locate. Access to the area is by a tractor road that leaves the Lyndhurst-Lansdowne Road at km 18.0 (just before crossing a bridge over a swampy area). The nearest pit is at the southern end of Higley Lake approximately 180 m from the road. Other pits may be reached by following the ridge along the west side of Higley Lake.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Quartz crystals up to 30 cm long and doubly terminated can be collected from this site. There are undeveloped occurrences of quartz crystals at this site. The quartz crystals occur as aggregates and as individual doubly-terminated crystals up to 12 cm long and about 2 cm across. They occupy vugs in milky quartz. The smaller crystals are clear but the larger ones are generally milky
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Publication - Occurrences of quartz crystals, Leeds county, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 44-8 Date: 1944
Author: Fortier, Y O; Harrison, M
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101263
Mono - North Leeds planning area: North and South Crosby, South Burgess, Bastard and Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne townships, Leeds County, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5142 Page: 7 Date: 1975
Author: Brinsmead R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 32
Publication Number: GSC MR32 Page: 35-36 Date: 1983
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119737
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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