Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Pickens Mine - 1920, North American Feldspar Ltd. - 1920 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 51' 42.18" Longitude: -78° 23' 1.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 706688 Northing: 4970919 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16SW
Point Location Description: 0.3 km south-east of Rustyshoe Lake.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Access is via Highway 507. The pits can be seen from the road on the western side.
1920-21 : North American Feldspar Ltd.- produced 1,033 tons of feldspar.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Host |
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Jan 23, 2017 (A Wilson) - Medium to coarse-grained, gneissic, siliceous calcitic marble containing 20-60% siliceous impurities. Commonly contains thin intercalated units of amphibole-rich metasedimentary rock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1920 | 937 |
Mono - Feldspar in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Gooderham Area
Publication Number: P3405 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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