Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Perth Feldspar and Mining Company - 1921 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Bathurst, Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 50' 57.69" Longitude: -76° 27' 46.36"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 384401 Northing: 4967257 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NW
Point Location Description: 2.5 km west of Bells Corners
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Perth, travel 16.32km west on Hwy 7. The site is located approximately 250m southwest of this point through the bush.
1922-23-Perth Feldspar and Mining Company: 4 pits opened, the largest 75 by 60 by 30 ft. deep.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Sep 12, 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 |
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| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1921 | 1814 | DEMR/CANMET #731 p. 37,43, 86 |
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 56 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 43, 86 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
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