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MDI31D16NW00236
| Record Name(s) | Gill Quarry - 1938, Gooderham Nepheline Quarry - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite
Secondary Commodities: Zircon
Township or Area: Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 54' 18.1" Longitude: -78° 20' 4.08"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 710432 Northing: 4975857 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: 'Ne' quarry symbol in S� of lot 34, con 4.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The quarries are about 600 yds (500 m) apart on the slope ofa ridge north of Laronde Creek. From the junction road at the cemetary, 1.7 km east of the Hwys 507 and 503 junction in Gooderham : proceed along the road leading south from the highway at the cemetary. Continue straight through the junction at 0.3 km to the V. Schmohl property (gated) at 2.2 km. The upper quarry is located on the south slope of a hill near the farmhouse, the lower quarry is 500 m south of it.
Mineral location : nepheline, sodalite, cancrinite, natrolite, analcime, apatite, zircon, etc.... collecting is said to be 'quite poor' (1981). late 1930-1938’s : Gooderham Nepheline. - 2 small quarries, 6 carloads were reportedly shipped from here (some is said to have been included with Fraser Quarry shipments in 1937-8). The upper quarry, 35 ft. in diameter with an 8 ft. face, was sunk in a stripped area 100 x 50 ft. It is said to lie on the lot 34/35 boundary. The deposit was opened by two quarries, about 500 m apart. About 6 cars of nepheline were removed from the deposit by Gooderham-Nepheline in about 1938. 1952:Canada Iron Limited - mag survey 2008: W.B. Harvey Crushcor Ltd. - DD-6-78.3 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.46610 | 20000005764 | 20000005764 |
| 63.291 | 31D16NE0044 | 31D16NE0044 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Biotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Nepheline | Contains | |
| Limestone | 3 | Crystalline | Host |
Jan 25, 2017 (A Wilson) - Nepheline pegmatite, in a north-south lens or dyke, 2-300 ft. wide and about 2,500 ft. long - in a metasomatic envelope of nepheline-biotite gneiss, nephelinized marble, hornblende-biotite syenite gneiss and scapolite-hornblende syenite. Farther away are biotite paragneisses and marbles. The South (Lower) quarry is in a very coarse nepheline-albite pegmatite with accessory apatite, zircon, sodalite, cancrinite and nepheline alteration products. The North (Upper) quarry is also a nepheline-albite pegmatite with biotite but the biotite is riddled with brownish ankerite or siderite. In some specimens reaction has produced cancrinite. Large crystals of perthite are also present.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sodalite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Cancrinite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Albite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Biotite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 25, 2017 (A Wilson) - Small amounts of blue sodalite and yellow cancrinite occur in grey nepheline. The cancrinite fluoresces white in "long" ultraviolet light. Colourless to pink and orange-red natrolite is associated with sodalite and white massive analcime is associated with cancrinite. Light green granular apatite and pink to brown zircon also occur in the pegmatite which consists of nepheline, white to yellowish plagoiclase, light pink calcite and biotite. Graphite, magnetite and pyrite occur as minor accessories. Goethite and talc form sparse coatings on the rock. Some peristerite was noted in the deposit
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 200 | about 6 cars of nepheline were removed from the deposit |
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 72-74 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 41-42 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 72-73 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 46-47 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 234, 242 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 91 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Book - Field Excursion A53-C-53, p. 34
Publication Number: Date: 1972
Author: GAC-MAC
Publisher Name: GAC-MAC
Location: Southeastern Ontario
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