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Record: MDI31F05SE00064

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) East Jewellville - 1944
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-07
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Raglan

Latitude: 45° 20' 28.9"    Longitude: -77° 29' 49.61"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 304362.001   Northing: 5023906.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

pre-1944: multiple pits and trenches, stripping


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Jun 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - Multiple pits and trenches have been excavated in syenite or hybrid syenitic gneiss containing lenses of corundum. In the northern part of the lot, coarse, hornblende syenite pegmatite also hosts corundum. The southernmost pits are 40 ft by 15 ft and 5 feet deep, and 40 feet by 30 feet and 8 feet deep. The northernmost pits are 50 feet by 25 feet and 10 feet deep, and 25 feet by 12 feet, and 6 feet deep.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 35-36  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 43  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:


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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