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Record: MDI31E05SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Conrad Smith Property - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jan-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gneiss



Location

Township or Area: Cardwell

Latitude: 45° 17' 2.55"    Longitude: -79° 35' 20.28"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 610659.997   Northing: 5015473.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05SE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Muskoka Road 3 eastward for 5km from hwy 141. Turn north on Bear Cave Road for 2.3km taking left fork in road at 0.5km. Deposit is 20m east of Bear Cave Road.



Exploration History

circa 1977: sporadic production of dimension stone


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Monzogranite Is

Lithology Comments

Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - Gneissic, pink to greenish, metaluminous monzogranite containing augen structures. The maximum bedding thicknesses are approximately 70 cm.




Mineralization Comments

Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - By 1977, approximately 1000 tons of material had been removed from the site. The quarry has a length of 15 m, a depth of 8 m and is 4 m high.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone

References

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:


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, Orrville Area

Publication Number: P3414 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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