Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Turcotte Occurrence - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Cameron
Latitude: 46° 18' 2.72" Longitude: -78° 33' 10.06"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 688461 Northing: 5130375 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L08SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 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.
1927: Turcotte – pit development and shipping of ore (pit size 50 x 8 x 15 feet); 200 tons shipped
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Mar 01, 2016 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 01, 2016 (A Wilson) - Large plates of biotite, up to 30 inches across, also were observed at the site. One carload of feldspar was shipped from the site. Amazonite was found within a narrow pegmatite dike with considerable biotite.
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Mattawa-Deep River area, District of Nipissing and County of Renfrew
Publication Number: MP059.023 Page: 146-149 Date: 1997
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 236 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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