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| Record Name(s) | Comet Quartz Mine - 1976, J.G. Gole Mine - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1985-Dec-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Silica, Mineral Specimen
Secondary Commodities: Niobium, Rare Earth Elements, Cesium, Zircon
Township or Area: Murchison
Latitude: 45° 31' 28.64" Longitude: -78° 0' 38.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 733431.998 Northing: 5045578.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E09SE
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The quarry is reached by a short road that extends westward from the Victoria Lake Access Road, 4 km north of Madawaska.
1938: Deposit discovered by W.B. Cameron. 1941: First quarried by J.G. Gole but production was not recorded. 1943-1944: C.L. Ross - in operation. 1976: Quarry reopened by The Comet Quartz Company - DD. Minor unrecorded production. 1984-1988: Algonquin Mining Corporation - 16 cubic yards of quartz removed. 1992: A. Reed - small bulk sample for horticultural and related uses. 1993-1999: MDX Geoservices Ltd. and A. Reed - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics, stripping, trenching
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 31E09SE9800 | 31E09SE9800 | 31E09SE9800 |
| 31E09SE2001 | 31E09SE2001 | 31E09SE2001 |
| 31E09SE2002 | 31E09SE2002 | 31E09SE2002 |
| 31E09SE2003 | 31E09SE2003 | 31E09SE2003 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Terrane: Algonquin
Domain: Opeongo
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Feb 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite is zoned quartz monzonite. There is a fine-grained border phase that grades into a quartz-plagioclase-microcline wall zone within 1 m or less. The pegmatite strikes N30E. The core of the pegmatite consists of quartz with isolated, very coarse microcline crystals. The pegmatite has sharp contacts with the surrounding hornblende-biotite gneiss; however, the northeast portion of the small northern open cut is in diffuse or gradational contact with biotite granite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oligoclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Fergusonite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Albite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - Crystals of fergusonite up to two inches in length are found in biotite in the pegmatite. Ellsworth (GSC) estimated that roughly 750 pounds of fergusonite may have been contained in the mined out part of the dike. The Gole pegmatite is noted for its crystals of yttrium-rich allanite up to 60 cm across, and fergusonite up to 8 cm across. Three samples collected by the OGS in the 1990's resulted in an average normalized SiO2 value of 99.925 determined by XRF analysis. The quartz mined in the 1980's was reportedly used for piezoelectric and optoelectronic use.
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Sunstone.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 260 | 18 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1386 | OFR5978 P. 386 | total production 1943-44, feldspar; 1525 tons | |
| 1943 | 7792 | OFR5978 P. 386 | total production 1943-44, quartz; 8589 tons |
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 147 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1941
Publication Number: ARV51-01.003 Page: 65 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Cave A.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Bawden W.E., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - An Evaluation of Potential High-Purity Silica Sources: Preliminary Site Investigation, Volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5948 Page: 386-391 Date: 1996
Author: McAuley J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 122-123, 161-164,200 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 81, 258 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area
Publication Number: GB03 Page: 86-87 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50
Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 54-55 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 120 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 49 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Article - 1976 report of the Algonquin Regional Geologist
Publication Number: MP071.009 Page: 122 Date: 1997
Author: Trusler J.R., Wallace K.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 388 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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