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Record: MDI31F04SW00100

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Younge - 2000, Younge's Farm - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sodalite, Mica

Secondary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 1' 20.31"    Longitude: -77° 58' 55.41"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 265059.426   Northing: 4989755.244    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' HH ', 0.3 km WNW of Littlefools Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1930 : an opening on the L. Younge farm. See also ' West Albion', MDI31F04SW00189.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Sodalite-bearing pegmatite in nepheline syenite is exposed in several places and contained biotite up to 8 inches in size, as well as cancrinite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5BiotiteEconomicOre
10CancriniteEconomicOre
15NephelineEconomicOre
20ScapoliteEconomicOre
25SodaliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County

Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 44, 46  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: 67  Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 214,215,253,266  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

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:


Publication - Summary report on the operations of the Geological Survey for the year 1898; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 11, (1898), pt. A

Publication Number: GSC AR 11-A Page: 110A  Date: 1899

Author: Dawson, G M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296996


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