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| Record Name(s) | Monteagle Minerals - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Corundum, Nepheline Syenite
Secondary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Monteagle
Latitude: 45° 8' 41.46" Longitude: -77° 43' 15.25"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 286092.447 Northing: 5002643.353 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The deposit is located in a ridge that extends north from the east bank of the York River. Access is by canoe or boat on the York River.
1906: The Canada Corundum Company performed exploratory stripping and trenching, as well as bulk sampling. 1915: Some diamond drilling. 1947: Louis Moyd investigated the deposit for the American Abrasive Company. A 5 ton bulk sample was taken and evaluated, indicating a satisfactory nepheline-plagioclase-scapolite product. 1950: Property optioned to Ortona Gold Mines Limited. Further surface work included trenching, bulk sampling, and 1,925 feet of diamond drilling. 1953: Ortona formed Monteagle Minerals Limited to take over development of the property. Monteagle held the property until 1962. Early 1980's Louis and Pauline Moyd of Nepean, Ontario acquired the property.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63A.89 | 31F04NE9482 | 31F04NE9482 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andesine | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Corundum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Spinel | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Green zinc spinel - gahnite occurs in this deposit.
Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 39 Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area
Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 20 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships
Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 30, 60-61 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 77-82 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 29-30, 97-100, 199 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: P37,224,230 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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