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Record: MDI41H15SE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Britt Station - 1959
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Niobium, Rare Earth Elements

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Henvey

Latitude: 45° 47' 17.63"    Longitude: -80° 32' 22.73"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 535782   Northing: 5070622    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41H15SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Hornblende Contains
Paragneiss 3 Paragneiss Contains

Lithology Comments

Apr 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a pegmatite dike in folded quartzitic paragneiss and hornblende gneiss. A second dike, or an extension of the first is exposed in a small, narrow water-filled cut about 100 feet to the northeast.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1OrthoclaseEconomicOre
2QuartzEconomicOre
5AllaniteEconomicOre
6EuxeniteEconomicOre
7ThorianiteEconomicOre
3BiotiteEconomicGangue
4MagnetiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Publication - Rare earths of the Grenville Sub-province, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 59-10

Publication Number: Paper 59-10 Scale:     Date: 1960

Author: Rose, E.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101254


MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC014 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Key Harbour Area

Publication Number: P3548 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2004

Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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