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| Record Name(s) | Cameron and Aleck Mine - 1949, Aleck Mine - 1951, Cameron and Aleck Quarry - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1983-Oct-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Mineral Specimen
Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Niobium
Township or Area: Murchison
Latitude: 45° 32' 1.51" Longitude: -78° 1' 51.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 731820.998 Northing: 5046534.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E09SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Proceed north from highway 60 on the Shall Lake forest access road for 6.7km. Turn left into drive way. Park at gate and walk 320m up trail to quarry.
1949-51, 1953: W.B. Cameron and L. Aleck: mine in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Albite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hornblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Oligoclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Fergusonite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 11 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 12 | Uranophane | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 13 | Allanite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1953 | 72 | ARV63-02 | 80 tons | |
| 1951 | 745 | ARV61-02 | 821 tons | |
| 1950 | 716 | ARV60-02 | 789 tons | |
| 1949 | 921 | ARV59-02 | 1015 tons |
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21, 65 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1949
Publication Number: ARV59-02 Page: 2 Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1950
Publication Number: ARV60-02 Page: 3 Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1951
Publication Number: ARV61-02 Page: 2 Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1953
Publication Number: ARV63-02 Page: 5 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area
Publication Number: GB03 Page: 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: 55-56 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 81 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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