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| Record Name(s) | Keays - 1921 |
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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-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Bathurst, Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 56' 22.53" Longitude: -76° 23' 4.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 390769 Northing: 4977172 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NW
Point Location Description: Symbol marked ' Keays ' 2 km northwest of Bells Corners
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Travel west from Perth for 0.5 mile and turn right onto the Lanark [ Calabogie ] road. Drive to Balderson and turn left at the main crossroad. Drive 1.6 miles to Bells Corners and turn right, drive 1.0 mile and turn left; drive 0.7 mile to the school on your right. Turn right and drive 1.0 mile to the mine in the hill on your left.
1921-28: Rock Products Ltd.- 20,841 tons produced
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Sep 08, 2016 (A Wilson) - The deposit consists of a large pegmatite mass, most of which exhibits a medium to fine-grained graphic granite character and contains rusty zones. Shipments are stated to have consisted mostly of a No. 2 grade of spar.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Sep 08, 2016 (A Wilson) - Pink feldspar, white quartz, and mica are the chief constituents of the pegmatite. Pink peristerite is common. Patches of black tourmaline, light green epidote, bastnaesite and some magnetite occur in the pegmatite.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Discordant |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1921 | 20721 | IMR021 p. 21 | smaller pit on lot 21 yielded 2000 tons of feldspar; total production from larger pit was 20,841 tons |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 42, 43, 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: 57 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: 21 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 172-173 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 56 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
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