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| Record Name(s) | Lyndhurst Silica - 1946, Sample 106 - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Silica Sand
Township or Area: Lansdowne
Latitude: 44° 32' 13.34" Longitude: -76° 7' 33.83"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 410537 Northing: 4932140 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09SE
Point Location Description: Sample 106 location
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 1.5 km south of Lyndhurst, northeast corner of a highway intersection.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Host |
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Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The section from which the sample was collected consists of buff-weathering sandstone, thin-bedded argillaceous sandstone, thin-bedded creamy whit sandstone, massive white sandstone with some disseminated graphite and thinly-bedded white sandstone. The rock was noted to cover a couple of hectares with an approximate thickness of 2.1-6.1 metres.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - A sample collected from the site in 1946 returned 99.10% SiO2, 0.16% Fe2O3, 0.37% Al2O3, 0.08% MgO and 0.11% CaO.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
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
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 - Part of southeastern Ontario showing distribution of Potsdam sandstone
Publication Number: M1946-09 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L., Baker M.B., Wright J.F., Wilson A.E., Wilson M.
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:
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