Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | S. Orser - 1928, National Feldspar - 1943, Charles Property - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Mar-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Silica Sand
Township or Area: Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 53' 20.55" Longitude: -76° 26' 26.51"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 386232 Northing: 4971634 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Fel ' just east of the southeast arm of Bennet Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: About 500 m south of the Bennet Bay access road. It is a small overgrown pit with apparently no or very little past production.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Sep 12, 2016 (A Wilson) - The dyke was a small one and carried large segregated masses of quartz, in which lie spar crystals of considerable size.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Biotite | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1947 | 883 | IMR021, p. 20 | 1 small pit opened in 1927; 1947-883.59 tonness of feldspar mined |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 86 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 174-175 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 50 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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