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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31F12SW00016

Record: MDI31F12SW00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bell Bay - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1985-Dec-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Jones

Latitude: 45° 30' 6.76"    Longitude: -77° 50' 51.13"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 277539.959   Northing: 5042649.645    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F12SW

Point Location Description: Precise, Diamond symbol P50, on western shore of Bells Bay of Bark Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The location is half way along the north shore of Bell Bay, Bark Lake. The dump is visible and accessible from the lake.



Exploration History

1937: F. Raymond and L. Sawyer shipped 121 tons of potash feldspar.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Feldspar Zoned Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

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