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| Record Name(s) | Bathurst Feldspar Mines Ltd - 1926 |
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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-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 54' 41.47" Longitude: -76° 24' 21.93"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 389008 Northing: 4974083 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Fel ' 3.3 km west-southwest of Harper community
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, west along Hwy 7 for 4.03km turning right onto Harper Rd for 5.08km. Turn left onto Bathurst 7th Con. Rd and continue for 4.66km. Turn right onto old mine road and continue for 1.31km. Main pit down slope to left.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Sep 10, 2016 (A Wilson) - Bathurst Feldspar Mines Ltd. sunk a large, open-cast pit 200 by 60 by 60 ft. deep, on a dyke of having an exposed width of about 150 ft. and installed a large plant. The dike has been traced along strike for 600 feet and pinches out in both directions. The dike has been opened over a length of 350 ft. At the north end, the pit is 32 ft. wide, in the central part 72 feet wide and at the south end 45 feet wide, The pit had a maximum depth of 148 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Albite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Hornblende | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 10, 2016 (A Wilson) - The deposit consisted of a large dyke of red feldspar, that has been traced for a length of over 600 feet. The average grade is high, but the rok carried considerable rust stains on joints in the upper portion of the dyke. The dike is composed largely of microcline, microperthite and quartz with some albite, accessory tourmaline, pyrite, hornblende and biotite. Feldspar crystals were 10 to 15 feet in diameter. The north end of the dike was abandoned because of the overhanging wall on the west side
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Discordant |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1944 | 96177 | IMR021, p. 20 | Approximately 96,177.9 tonnes of No. 1 and No. 2 grade feldspar have been shipped. The mine was idle for the greater part of 1930-33, but produced continuously from then to 1944. |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 41-42, 86 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41
Publication Number: MR41 Page: 62 Date: 1987
Author: Sabina, A. P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 16-17, 20 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 51 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 167-140 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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