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Record: MDI31F12SW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Cunningham-Dunlop - 1952
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created	1991-Jan-27
Date Last Modified	2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)

Secondary Commodities: Niobium

Location

Township or Area: Dickens

Latitude: 45° 33' 38.35" Longitude: -77° 47' 27.5"

UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 282185.996 Northing: 5049023.996 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F12SW

Point Location Description: Point 0.5 km N of Dickens Long Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Exploration History

Pre 1952 : pegmatite was reportedly worked for feldspar at this location (1952, 1958) - by J.C. Cunningham-Dunlop ? No other history.

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss 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
1	Euxenite	Economic	Ore

Mineralization Comments

Feb 21, 2012 (C Papertzian) - A granite pegmatite which contains euxenite-polycrase.

Mineral Record Details

Classification
Rank	Classification
1	Pegmatite

References

Publication - Niobium (Columbium) deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 18

Publication Number: GSC EGR 18 Page: 93 Date: 1958

Author: Rowe, R. B.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102452

Publication - Niobium (columbium) and tantalum in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 29

Publication Number: GSC EGR 29 Page: 103 Date: 1974

Author: Dawson, K.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103996

Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 142 Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450

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