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Record: MDI31C09SE00054

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Quartz Crystals - 1943
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-May-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Lansdowne

Latitude: 44° 31' 16.25"    Longitude: -76° 4' 26.28"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 414652.75   Northing: 4930322.82    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SE

Point Location Description: pit adjacent to road, equidistant from Red Horse and Higley Lakes

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.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Contains
Vein 1 Quartz Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

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

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