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| Record Name(s) | Ruby - 1985, Jewell Ruby - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Ashby
Latitude: 45° 10' 50.22" Longitude: -77° 23' 15.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 312419.764 Northing: 5005788.043 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F03NW
Point Location Description: Ruby Mine pit near NE corner of township, east of Snake Creek.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Bancroft Mines Syndicate worked the occurence from 1922 to 1924.There was a quarry [40 by 50 feet ] as well as a shaft [ the Jewell Ruby Mine ] which was sunk in the valley several hundred feet from the quarry.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The area is underlain by paragneiss and metavolcanics of the Hermon Formation which have been intruded by syenitic and granitic rocks. The main open - cut was sunk on biotite - hornblende - gneiss about 60 m. wide. The garnets are deep red, round, fractured and range from 0.1 mm to 10 mm in size.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Garnet | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Abrasives, products of Canada, technology and application, part III, garnet; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 677
Publication Number: CMB Pub 677 Page: 13-14 Date: 1927
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306527
Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8
Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 91 Date: 1964
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119882
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Page: 83 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 126 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 40-42 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - OPAP 1991 STEWART
Publication Number: N/A Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Ashby and Denbigh townships
Publication Number: R026 Page: 32-33 Date: 1997
Author: Evans A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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