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Record: MDI31C16SW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) S.H. Orser Prospect - 1916, Patterson Farm - 1915
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1985-May-30
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: South Sherbrooke

Latitude: 44° 49' 45.7"    Longitude: -76° 29' 31.93"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 382043   Northing: 4965078    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 2 km north-northeast of the northwest end of Silver Lake.



Exploration History

1916: Mr. Orser:, property optioned and did some development work. A small amount of feldspar was quarried and hauled to Maberley for shipment. 1920: Universal Silicates Limited - prospecting, DD. 1921: L.E. Austin - shipped several carloads of feldspar from the vein


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcitic Rock 1 Carbonate Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1921 91 100 tons of feldspar shipped in 1921

References

Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731

Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 87  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV26.003 Page: 141  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H., Bartlett J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 65  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV30-01.003 Page: 130  Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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