Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Turcotte Property - 1925 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Prospect |
Date Created | 1992-Jan-27 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Cameron
Latitude: 46° 18' 35.28" Longitude: -78° 35' 58.19"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 684834.003 Northing: 5131270 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L07SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1927: Mr. Turcotte - pit development and shipping of ore (pit size 50 x 8 x 15 feet)
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pit was opened on a narrow dike consisting of massive quartz carrying large scattered crystals of pink feldspar.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - Large plates of bioitite, up to 30 inches across, also were observed at the site. One carload of feldspar was shipped from the site.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Pegmatite |
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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