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| Record Name(s) | Elgin Silica Sand Property - 1958, Hartsgravel Road Deposit - 1958 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1982-May-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Silica Sand
Township or Area: Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, Bastard, South Crosby, South Crosby, South Crosby, South Crosby, South Crosby, South Crosby
Latitude: 44° 36' 51.33" Longitude: -76° 10' 4.21"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407341 Northing: 4940764 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NE, 31C09SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
1958: Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company (Canada) Limited & Wedron Silica Company- DD-19-2167 ft, crushing, analysis. 1962: Canadian Silica – DD-15. 1978: Ministry of Natural Resources – DD-1-22.9 ft.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Footwall |
Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The Potsdam sandstone is grey to white to brown and has a thickness of 20-147 feet. The sandstone is comprised of light grey to buff-grey, sub-angular to rounded quartz grains within a siliceous matrix. The sandstone is fine- to medium-grained, and pyrite is found in fractures in the grains. A 1 m interval of sandstone containing quartz pebble beds was observed at the unconformity between the Paleozoic rocks and the Precambrian basement.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The grains are subangular to well-rounded. There is some iron staining, but the main iron-bearing impurity is pyrite that occurs in minute grains intergrown with the quartz. The ore zone ranged in depth from 5.5 to 44.8. Laboratory tests showed that a range of silica products could be produced. Beneficiation of the sand would be required in order to produce a glass sand. Iron analyses ranged from 0.14 to 0.45% Fe2 O3 The +100 mesh product from the leached silica product analyzed 0.065% Fe2 O3 and 0.14% Al2 O3 . The -100 mesh fraction analyzed 0.058% Fe2 O3 and 0.47% Al2 O3 . The original results (1958) were considered to be unsatisfactory. Canadian Silica estimated the ore zone to average 5.8 m in depth. A hole drilled by the Ministry of Natural Resources in 1978 returned an average assay of: 96.10% SiO2, 0.32% Fe2O3, 1.28% Al2O3, 0.06% MgO and 1.84% CaO.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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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