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Record: MDI31E08NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Prince's Lake Quarry - 1946, Prince and Prince Property - 1936
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Feb-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Sabine, Sabine, Sabine

Latitude: 45° 23' 48.81"    Longitude: -78° 4' 3.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 729511   Northing: 5031225    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E08NE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From highway 60 proceed south on highway 127 and turn left on Mckenzie Lake Road. Proceed to hydro transformer station. Walk north 45 degrees east for 1km to centre of lot.



Exploration History

1936-40: Prince and Prince - in production. 1946: Andrileen Mining Company - in production.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Contains
Pegmatite 2 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FeldsparEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1946 442 ARV56-2 p. 1 488 tons feldspar mined and shipped
1936 207 IMR021 p. 21 228 tons feldspar shipped; production 1936-39

References

MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 84  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948

Publication Number: ARV58-02 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Williams I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - List of mines, quarries, and works, 1936

Publication Number: ARV46-01.002 Page: 80  Date: 1997

Author: Young A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - List of mines, quarries, and works, 1937

Publication Number: ARV47-01.002 Page: 70  Date: 1997

Author: Young A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - List of mines, quarries and works, 1939

Publication Number: ARV49-01.002 Page: 62  Date: 1997

Author: Tremblay M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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