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Record: MDI31F05NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hopefield Feldspar - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Dec-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Radcliffe

Latitude: 45° 27' 53.45"    Longitude: -77° 31' 39.31"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 302406   Northing: 5037699.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: North of Mick Daley Mountain, NE part of township.



Exploration History

pre-1953: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MicroclineEconomicOre
2AlbiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 29, 2011 (A Wilson) - Pink perthitic microcline and grey albite forms crystals up to 1 foot in diameter.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area

Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 67-68  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 22  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: 126, 184  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: 83, 251  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario

Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Barry's Bay, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2461 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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