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Record: MDI31L07SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. Norreno Property - 1925
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Cameron

Latitude: 46° 18' 8.09"    Longitude: -78° 33' 33.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 687948.997   Northing: 5130525.011    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L07SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed east from Mattawa on highway 17 for 11.7km and turn left. Walk down road for 350m. Feature is to right of trail along base of hill.



Exploration History

1925: J. Norreno - intermittently worked, two small pits opened


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 Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - About 200 tons of spar were reportedly shipped from this site.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21  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: 51, 90  Date: 1932

Author: Spence, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


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