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Record: MDI31F04SW00087

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Morrison, Dillon & Mills - 2000, Greyhawk - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 2' 18.03"    Longitude: -77° 52' 34.88"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 273450.382   Northing: 4991235.314    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' W ', 0.8 km ESE of Whitefoot Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The showing is on the end of a low ridge. The trail to it comes up from behind the swamp at the Greyhawk Mine and continues across to Banner Lake.



Exploration History

1920-22 : opened by W. Morrison and subsequently worked by Dillon and Mills. 2 small pits. Distinctly low grade and so very small production.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Pits sunk on a dyke (or several subparallel dykes) about 100 ft wide. Coarse graphic granite pegmatite with biotite, hornblende and pyrite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5FeldsparEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731

Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 44  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 42  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 20  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 131  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: 65  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 121-2  Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 283  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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