Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31E04NW00015
| Record Name(s) | Opeongo Mining Company - 1945 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Conger
Latitude: 45° 14' 38.64" Longitude: -79° 50' 47.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 590532 Northing: 5010711 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E04NW
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Parry Sound, take highway 69 south to Portage Lake Road turn west and follow for 1km to the fork in the road. Continue west on Barut Lake/Roberts Lake Road past second set of tracks. Follow tracks northwest for 450m. Follow trail to west for 900m to quarry.
1945-46: Opeongo Mining Company – in production. 1975-77: Nickel Rim Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics, mapping,
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1989 | 31E04NW0002 | 31E04NW0002 |
| 2.2279 | 31E04NW9446 | 31E04NW9446 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1556 | approximately 1715 tons of feldspar produced between 1945-46 |
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1946
Publication Number: ARV56-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Kirk A.T., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L., Barrett C.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sans Souci Area
Publication Number: P3551 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1947
Publication Number: ARV57-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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