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Record: MDI31C10SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) E. Babcock Property - 1945, Chisholm Feldspar - 1904, Dick Wilson Property - 1918
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Jan-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Quartz



Location

Township or Area: Bedford

Latitude: 44° 33' 54.16"    Longitude: -76° 35' 8.58"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 374079   Northing: 4935857    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10SE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: On the W side of Canoe Lake, above the water control dam at the S end. The dump is on the N side of the road just as the road begins to switchback down to the bridge over the creek that connects Desert Lake and Canoe Lake.



Exploration History

1904: E.M. Chisholm – in operation (some feldspar produced, none shipped). 1918: D. Wilson – 1 carload of feldspar shipped from this location and a second carload of feldspar shipped from a pit on the northwest shore of Sand Lake. Five carloads of feldspar were shipped from a pit near the south end of Canoe Lake in 1918.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1OrthoclaseEconomicOre
2QuartzEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Approximately 300 tons of quartz and feldspar were shipped from the site.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Book - NMI #070487

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 54-55  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 11  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 19  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 192  Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Olden-Bedford area, County of Frontenac, Ontario

Publication Number: M1947-05 Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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