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| Record Name(s) | O'Halloran Mine - 1920, Feldspar Quarries Ltd. - 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-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 48' 24.67" Longitude: -76° 24' 47.86"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 388237.15 Northing: 4962465.93 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Fel ' on south shore of Christie Lake .
Location Method: Data Compilation
1920-1921: Feldspar Quarries Ltd.- shallow pit opened, 150 by 60 ft. A few cars of feldspar are reported to have been shipped from the property in 1919 by J.H. Mendels of Perth.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Is |
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Sep 07, 2016 (A Wilson) - Much of the rock was of low grade. The deposit which lies near the south shore of Christie Lake, consists of reddish feldspar, rather intimately mixed with considerable black mica, tourmaline and quartz and much of the rock is accordingly of low grade.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 41, 85 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 45 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 20 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: 176 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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