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Record: MDI31C09SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Quartz Crystal Mining Corporation Pit - 1944, Lansdowne Lot 9 Con 9 Pit - 1944
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Jun-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Quartz, Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Lansdowne

Latitude: 44° 31' 22.95"    Longitude: -76° 5' 2.05"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 413866   Northing: 4930540    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SE

Point Location Description: quarry

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Approximately 1 km NNE of Black Rapids, south of Red Horse Lake.



Exploration History

NOTE: COMMODITY HERE WAS QUARTZ CRYSTALS.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Granitic Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Feb 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - Presumably one of the pits from which Quartz Crystal Mining Corporation extracted quartz.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mines of Ontario in 1950

Publication Number: ARV60-02 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mining operations in 1951

Publication Number: ARV61-02 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mining operations in 1952

Publication Number: ARV62-02 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Field D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Occurrences of Quartz Crystals, Leeds County, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: Paper 44-8 Scale:     Date: 1944

Author: Fortier, Y O; Harrison, M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101263


Map - Geology, Gananoque, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 27-1962 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1962

Author: Geological Survey of Canada

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108828


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000    Date: 1985

Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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