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Record: MDI31F05SE00033

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hoover Lake Cuts - 1900, Burgess Mines - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 16' 37.42"    Longitude: -77° 44' 44.75"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 284637.999   Northing: 5017397    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: 275 m northeast of northwest end of Hoover Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: On the side of a hill, 80 ft N of the New Carlow Road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Gneissic Host
Pegmatite 2 Syenitic Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - Exposed in the southwest wall of the cut is a 12 foot wide zone of grey corundum syenite, grey biotite corundum syenite gneiss, buff corundum syenite, pink corundum syenite and pegmatite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CorundumEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - The bronze-coloured corundum ranges from 1/8 to 2 inches in diameter. The grade of the corundum was visually estimated to be 10-20%. The corundum zone is exposed over a length of 40 feet.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 34  Date: 1998

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: 27  Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 34  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area

Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 19  Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Barry's Bay Area

Publication Number: P3444 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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