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MDI31F04SW00189
| Record Name(s) | West Albion - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 2' 12.93" Longitude: -77° 59' 49.93"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 263926.434 Northing: 4991423.253 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Point 1.1 km W of Albion Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From the Younge showing on lot 27, con B - ' a short distance W and about 11/4 ml N of the road '.
Circa 1930 : a considerable opening was made for biotite. See also ' Younge ', MDI31F04SW00100.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Biotite occurs in a nepheline syenite pegmatite as crystals up to 12 across and books several feet thick. The pegmatite also contains calcite, fluorite, apatite and minor quartz and feldspar.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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