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| Record Name(s) | South Bay West - 1971, Nipissing Lapidary Site - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica, Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Patterson
Latitude: 46° 8' 24.35" Longitude: -79° 38' 58.05"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 604311 Northing: 5110500 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L04NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
The site has been trenched and stripped by persons unknown
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Monzonite | 2 | Monzonite | Adjacent |
Apr 23, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a pegmatite dike cutting across a narrow sheet of pink to grey monzonititc rocks. The dike is about 50 feet wide and strikes N75E. Muscovite was reportedly quarried form the site.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 23, 2009 (A Wilson) - The dike is composed of 1) pink microcline and minor amazonite forming crystals up to 3 feet across, 2) quartz concentrated in irregularly shaped masses and rarely in graphic intergrowth with microcline 3) minor muscovite forming crystals up to 1 foot across irregularly distributed throughout the dike. Minor accessory minerals include hematite, zircon, garnet and traces of pyrite.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
MonoMap - Geology of the North Bay area, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound
Publication Number: R094 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Map - North Bay area, Nipissing and Parry Sound districts
Publication Number: M2216 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1971
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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