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| Record Name(s) | Cecebe Lake Quarry - 1919, W.B. Woods Property - 1919 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Aug-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Chapman
Latitude: 45° 38' 46.25" Longitude: -79° 35' 23.27"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 609889.004 Northing: 5055704.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E12NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Magnetawan, take hwy 520 for 5.3km to Lake Cecebe Road. Turn south and follow for 0.9km to the long drive of Mr. King. Follow west to end of driveway. Open cut is located on large outcrop northwest of garage ~75m overlooking lake Cecebe.
1921: Wheeling Feldspar Company incorporated to exploit the property. 1948: Burks Falls Feldspar Syndicate Limited - mining.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Biotite Granite | Contains |
Feb 10, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite strikes N10E and could be traced for over a quarter of a mile. The greatest width was 50 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Allanite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Euxenite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 10, 2011 (A Wilson) - The biotite pegmatite dike has occasional coarse-grained areas containing feldspar crystals up to 1 foot in diameter, and quartz masses with a maximum diameter of 2 feet. Some of the feldspar has graphic intergrowths of quartz. The entire output of the pit was reportedly used for stucco purposes.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1921 | 655 |
Feldspar (Nonmetals) |
AR30 pt 1 p. 126 |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 53 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 56 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV29-01.003 Page: 111 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV30-01.003 Page: 126 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 59 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 77-78 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
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