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Record: MDI31E04NW00040

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Blackstone Lake - 1921
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Jun-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-04
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Conger

Latitude: 45° 14' 3.63"    Longitude: -79° 51' 37.71"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 589445   Northing: 5009615    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E04NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Granite 2 Granite Gneissic Contains

Lithology Comments

Oct 05, 2010 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite was observed along the north side of a small hill on the shore of Blackstone Lake. The pegmatite had an exposed width of 60 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UraniniteEconomicOre
2CalciosamarskiteEconomicOre
3MolybdeniteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Discordant

References

Publication - Molybdenum Deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 20

Publication Number: Econ Geol 20 Page: 128  Date: 1963

Author: Vokes, F.M.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103994


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 52  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Rare-element minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 11

Publication Number: Econ Geol 11 Page: 174-181  Date: 1932

Author: Ellsworth, H.V.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102445


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:


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