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| Record Name(s) | Vansickle Property - 1962, Kretschmar - 1996 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material), Silica
Township or Area: Methuen, Methuen
Latitude: 44° 37' 2.67" Longitude: -77° 50' 23.44"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 274691 Northing: 4944374.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Cordova Mines, the site may be reached by travelling 1 km north on the Peterborough-Hastings Boundary Road (Vansickle Side Road). The ocurrence is located approximately 0.8 km west of this road.
1962-1977: C.R. Young and B.C. Robson: 6 DDHs (376 m) sampling and assays. 1976 Canadian Whites Pigment Corporation 1 DDH (56 m). 1980 Preussag Canada Ltd. 3 DDH (200 m). 1996- 2000 Ulrich Kretschmar mapping, sampling, stripping and geophysics. 2014: 2065342 Ontario Inc, gelogical survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 31C12SW0011 | 31C12SW0011 |
| 26 | 31C12SW0005 | 31C12SW0005 |
| 30 | 31C12NW0023 | 31C12NW0023 |
| 27 | 31C12SW0006 | 31C12SW0006 |
| 63.3890 | 31C12SW0007 | 31C12SW0007 |
| 29 | 31C12NW0016 | 31C12NW0016 |
| 2.55429 | 20000008357 | 20000008357 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Domain: Belmont
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Calcite, Dolomite | Crystalline | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Arenite | 1 | Silica | Is | |
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
| Amphibolite | 3 | Metagabbro | Fine Grained | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - A quartzite unit forms the structural footwall to the marble. It has a thickness of approximately 20 m at the southernmost outcrop area to about 70 m at the northern property boundary (OP99-398, p5).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Oct 02, 2019 (Nazha Sabiri) - Pure calcite and dolomite marble units high purity silica quartizite unit. SiO2 varies from 98.44 to 99.61% (OFR5948).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vansickle Calcium-Marble and Quartzite Property | 1995 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 3000000 | RGP Files- OP99-398 Methuen # 40. | ||
| Calcium-Marble and Quartzite Property | 1995 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 12000000 | RGP files: OP99-398 - Methuen # 40 |
File - OPAP Assessment files Methuen # 36, 37, 40
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Location: Tweed RGP office library
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 194 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Methuen Township, County of Peterborough, Ontario
Publication Number: M1960E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of Belmont, Marmora, and southern Methuen townships, Peterborough and Hastings counties
Publication Number: OFR5537 Page: 195 Date: 1985
Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 75 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Precambrian dolomite resources in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5712 Page: 126 Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., MacKinnon A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bannockburn Area
Publication Number: P3402 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral Deposit Models of Metallic and Industrial Deposit Types and Related Mineral Potential Assessment Criteria
Publication Number: OFR5916 Date: 1995
Author: Rogers M.C., Thurston P.C., Fyon J.A., Kelly R.I., Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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