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Record: MDI31C11NE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Kaladar Quartz - 1940
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Quartz, Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Kaladar

Latitude: 44° 38' 29.44"    Longitude: -77° 9' 19.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 329054   Northing: 4945388    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11NE

Point Location Description: quartz symbol 2.75 km WSW of Kaladar.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

Pre-1940: Quartz and feldspar were quarried in a small way from surface workings.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Feb 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - An occurrence of massive white bull quartz on the east half of lot 11, concession 5, Kaladar Township appears to be a local large quartz-rich pegmatite intrusive into clastic siliceous gneiss.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Kaladar area, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties

Publication Number: R215 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Kaladar, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2432 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1981

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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