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Record: MDI31C16NW00054

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Orser-Kraft Feldspar Ltd. - 1923
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1994-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Bathurst

Latitude: 44° 54' 10.68"    Longitude: -76° 23' 55.23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 389577.14   Northing: 4973123.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NW

Point Location Description: Point 3.8 km north of Wemyss

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1924: Orser-Kraft Feldspar Ltd. – 20 carloads of feldspar shipped


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FeldsparEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1923 100 Feldspar (Nonmetals)
ARV33-6 p.90 20 carloads of spar shipped in 1924

References

Book - Geology and Minerals of Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 367  Date: 1929

Author:

Publisher Name: Garden City Press

Location: Tweed RGP


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV33-07.002 Page: 90  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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