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| Record Name(s) | Bennett - 1984, Crown Corundom & Mica Co. - 1901 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Corundum, Mica
Township or Area: Methuen
Latitude: 44° 37' 47.99" Longitude: -78° 0' 14.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 737646 Northing: 4946216 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Northwest corner of lot 14 near the boundary between concessions 9 and 10.
1901: Crown Corundum and Mica Company did some work. Nine or ten pits for white mica had previously been opened in the nepheline syenite and on the northeastern slope of the mountain several pits were sunk and three or four level entry cuts, each about 100 feet in length, had been driven. It was stated by local residents that 150 tons of mica and corundum had been shipped to the United States. (ODM AR 69-8, p159).
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Domain: Belmont
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Gneiss And Schist-Biotite | Host |
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| Syenite | 2 | Syenite | Gneissic | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Corundum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 28, 2019 (Nazha Sabiri) - Bluish corundum crystals (not gem quality) embedded in muscovite-bearing pegmatites. Corundum closely associated with muscovite.
Map - Methuen Township, County of Peterborough, Ontario
Publication Number: M1960E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Abrasives, products of Canada, technology and application, part II, corundum and diamond; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 675
Publication Number: CMB Pub 675 Page: 18-19 Date: 1927
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306525
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 120 Date: 1980
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 23, 59-60 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 159 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 37 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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