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MDI31F04SE00003
| Record Name(s) | Morrison Quarry - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite
Township or Area: Dungannon
Latitude: 45° 5' 17.58" Longitude: -77° 44' .05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 284901.421 Northing: 4996385.308 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SE
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Ne ', 1.6 km N of Egan Chute, E of York River.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Reached by a road which leaves the York River road at a point 1.6 km N of Hwy 500. The workings are immediately W of this road, 1.2 km N of the intersecton with the York River road.
1939-40 : the Temagami Development Company operated the quarry and shipped 1,663 tons of nepheline pegmatite to the United Feldspar Corporation of Maine, U.S.A. 1941-2 : this property and the adjoining nepheline rocks (N and S of the quarry) were stripped, trenched, bulk-sampled and drilled by the American Nepheline Corp. There is a main quarry and a small quarry, the latter opened on the W side of the hill (20 ft long with a 10 ft face). There is also a 40 ft slash along the E side of the hill, 300 ft N of the main quarry.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63A.359 | 31F04SW9459 | 31F04SW9459 |
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The quarry is in massive nepheline-albite pegmatite (patchy, about 120 m long and 100-200 m wide) in a nepheline plagioclase gneiss. Biotite, sodalite and cancrinite, along with apatite and gieseckite, are reported.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Cancrinite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sodalite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Zircon | Economic | Ore |
Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area
Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 64 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Page: 58 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 76 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
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: 93-95 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 231 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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