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Record: MDI31C16NW00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bowes - 1929, Graphic Granite - 1929, Feldspar Quarries Ltd. - 1929
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-10
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Bathurst

Latitude: 44° 54' 37.79"    Longitude: -76° 23' 48.78"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 389733   Northing: 4973957    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NW

Point Location Description: Point 3.5 km southwest of Bells Corners.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite Gneissic Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 08, 2016 (A Wilson) - The dike is predominantly a graphic granite dike. The fine-grain sized (less than 5 cm) and the abundance of graphically intergrown K-feldspar and quartz made this dike uneconomic in the past.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1TourmalineEconomicOre
2BiotiteEconomicOre
3FeldsparEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 52  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP office


Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 175  Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731

Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 42  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887


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