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Record: MDI31C16NE00042

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sample 2001 - 1923, Sample L-2 - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-28
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Montague

Latitude: 44° 58' 43.01"    Longitude: -76° 3' 18.18"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 416815   Northing: 4981116    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 2.6 km north-northwest of Numogate.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Host
Dolostone 2 Adjacent

Mineralization Comments

Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - A sample collected from the site analysed 97.90% SiO2, 0.15% Fe2O3, 0.75% Al2O3 and 0.36% MgO.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1

Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-8  Date: 1979

Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 185  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Book - Silica in Canada, Its Occurrence,Exploitation and Uses, pt 1.

Publication Number: No. 555 Date: 1923

Author: L.H. Cole

Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Carleton Place area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2725 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1984

Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1967

Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951


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