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Record: MDI31D16NW00083

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hotspur Corners - 1913
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-May-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 57' 36.96"    Longitude: -78° 16' 52.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 714434   Northing: 4982133    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.7 km northwest of Hotspur.



Exploration History

1979: Western Mines Ltd. – airborne geophysical survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.3081 31D16NW0008 31D16NW0008

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Nepheline Syenite Host

Lithology Comments

Feb 05, 2017 (A Wilson) - This represents the albite-rich phase of the rock, being very rich in albite and poor in nepheline. It is taken from the east side of the road, between McCues Lake and Hotspur, about one-third of the way south of the northern limit of the band. It is coarsein grain size and possesses a distinct foliation.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AlbiteEconomicOre
2MagnetiteEconomicOre
3PerthiteEconomicOre
4NephelineEconomicOre
5LepidomelaneEconomicOre
10HornblendeEconomicOre
7MicroclineEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 6 Page: 243, 262-265  Date: 1910

Author: Adams, F D, Barlow, A E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481


Book - Excursions in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and the eastern part of Ontario p. 57-58,96

Publication Number: Guidebook 2 Date: 1913

Author: International Geological Congress

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: Southeastern Ontario


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