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Record: MDI31L01NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dewar and Gibson Property - 1924, Aylen Quarry - 1924
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jan-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Clara

Latitude: 46° 13' 29.59"    Longitude: -78° 13' 41.58"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 713750.998   Northing: 5122769.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L01NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1925: D. Dewar and W.H. Gibson - quarry in operation, 35 tons shipped. Operation ceased due to lack of access by wagon.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Is
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite dike was reportedly 30 feet wide and was traceable for 300 feet.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - One car of feldspar was reportedly shipped from this site. The carload consisted of 35 tons of material of unknown quality.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Part - Mines of Ontario in 1924

Publication Number: ARV34-01.003 Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 22  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731

Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 89  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887


Map - Geological series, Mattawa-Deep River area (western half), District of Nipissing

Publication Number: P1196 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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