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Record: MDI31C16SW00065

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stanleyville - 1912
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-15
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 48' 34.59"    Longitude: -76° 16' 37.47"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 399014   Northing: 4962594    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: Point 2.5 km east of Stanleyville.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: St. Lawrence Basin



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Jun 24, 2014 (A Wilson) - The sandstone is described as badly shattered and broken, and there are occasionally white patches or beds. The sandstone is soft and readily crushed. The beds exposed average from 6 inches to 8 inches thick.




Mineralization Comments

Jun 24, 2014 (A Wilson) - An analysis of the stone completed in 1912 returned 97.91% SiO2, 0.19% Fe2O3, 0.89% Al2O3, 0.14% CaO, and 0.14% MgO.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Publication - Summary report of the mines branch of the department of mines for the calendar year ending December 31 1918; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 509

Publication Number: CMB Pub 509 Page: 58  Date: 1920

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307720


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 184  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Perth area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2724 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1984

Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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