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Record: MDI31E01SE00097

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Leafield Nepheline - 1990, Leafield Lake Corundum - 1990, Highland Corundum - 1990, Highland Nepheline - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-25
Date Last Modified 2024-May-09
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum, Nepheline Syenite



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff, Cardiff, Cardiff, Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 5' 38.22"    Longitude: -78° 5' 33.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 728777.423   Northing: 4997500.214    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: General, several reported occurrences in Con22 -23, Lots 26-32.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - blue-grey corundum.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CorundumEconomicOre
2NephelineEconomicOre
3ScapoliteEconomicOre
4GarnetEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 30, 41  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 30, 33, 44, 242  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Rock Collecting Guide, Bancroft and Madoc Area

Publication Number: Page: #75  Date: 1968

Author: Bosiak, C.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 22  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Report of the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 9, (1897), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 9R Page: 15R  Date: 1898

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296994


Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 57  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: GSC Mem 6 Page: 289  Date: 1910

Author: Adams, F D; Barlow, A E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - Corundum, its occurrence, distribution, exploitation and uses; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 57

Publication Number: GSC Mem 57 Page: 181-182  Date: 1915

Author: Barlow, A E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101547


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