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Record: MDI31F06NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Schroeder Farm - 1898
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Radcliffe

Latitude: 45° 22' 8.68"    Longitude: -77° 28' 51.57"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 305720   Northing: 5026946.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.7 km NW of Rosenthal.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Syenite Gneissic Contains

Lithology Comments

Jun 29, 2011 (A Wilson) - A corundum-bearing zone of syenitic gneiss strikes N45E and dips 25°s. The zone ranges from 10 to 15 feet thick and has been traced for 150 feet along strike.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 29, 2011 (A Wilson) - The corundum ranges form one-eighth of an inch to half an inch in size, and forms approximately 1% of the mineralogy of the bands.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 31  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area

Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 54  Date: 1998

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 39  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Summary report on the operations of the Geological Survey, for the year 1897; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 10, (1897), pt. A

Publication Number: GSC AR 10A Page: 53  Date: 1898

Author: Dawson, G M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/293882


Publication - Corundum, its occurrence, distribution, exploitation and uses; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 57

Publication Number: GSC Mem 57 Page: 186  Date: 2001

Author: Barlow, A E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101547


Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 80  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


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 - Barry's Bay, Precambrian geology

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

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Economic geology of eastern Ontario, corundum and other minerals

Publication Number: ARV07-03.001 Page: 222-223  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G., Goodwin W.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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