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Record: MDI31E13SE00038

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) T. R. Russell Property - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)

Secondary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Lount

Latitude: 45° 49' 6.06"    Longitude: -79° 37' 34.22"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 606726   Northing: 5074783.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E13SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description:



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Nov 03, 2009 (A Wilson) - The dike is reportedly 6 feet wide and strikes north and dips vertically. The granite gneiss is silicified on the east side of the dike and the host rock contains xenoliths of hornblende gneiss and marble.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FeldsparEconomicOre
2MicaEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 03, 2009 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite contains masses of glassy quartz up to 2 feet and pink potash feldspar up to 1 foot, but mostly < 3 inches. Most of the spar carries some quartz and would be No. 2 grade. Some soda spar and some biotite in books up to 3 inches across were observed.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 22  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Lount Township

Publication Number: ARV64-06 Page: 42  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Township of Lount, District of Parry Sound, Ontario

Publication Number: M1955-04 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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