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| Record Name(s) | Five Mile Mine - 1947 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Dickens
Latitude: 45° 34' 55.95" Longitude: -77° 53' 2.18"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 275017.019 Northing: 5051675.722 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F12SW
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From highway 60 take Aylen Lake access road. After crossing dam, take first left and proceed 1.8km. Take foot path on west side of road for 1.2km to quarry 1.
1947-48:Opeongo Mica Mining Limited - in production . 1951: W. Cameron - in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Monzonite | 2 | Gneissic | Is |
Jan 03, 2012 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite is a zoned, shallow dipping, discordant body, exposed by a series of open cuts along a hillside. The main part of the body trends 040° and dips range from subhorizontal at the south end to 60°SE at the north end. The width of the body is roughly 12 m but is quite variable over the exposed part of the body.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Hornblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Biotite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 304 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1871 | ARV58 pt 2, p. 3 | ||
| 1949 | 5198 | MDC022 p. 157 | 5116 tons reportedly produced between 1948 and 1950 | |
| 1945 | 1064 | OFR5425 p. 64 | ||
| 1951 | 144 | ARV61 pt 2, p. 3 |
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Feldspar in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948
Publication Number: ARV58-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1951
Publication Number: ARV61-02 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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