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| Record Name(s) | J. W. Keenan - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Mar-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: McConkey
Latitude: 45° 56' 29.22" Longitude: -80° 6' 53.52"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 568610 Northing: 5087923 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H16NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Port Loring, proceed west on Highway 522 for 8.1 km and turn north on 20th side road for 6 km to the west arm of Caribou Lake. Walk 500 m on the overgrown portion on the road and then northwest for 175m.
1919: SMALL AMOUNTS SHIPPED. 1940: staked by J. W. Keenan
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
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Nov 18, 2008 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a 100 foot pegmatite dike. A 25 foot square pit, with a depth of 5 feet was put down on the west slope of the outcrop. The pegmatite is an aggregate of pink feldspar and grey quartz, of which 5% is composed of pink feldspar ranging from 1-2 inches in diameter. Biotite occurs as books from1-4 inches in diameter and in places constitutes up to 5% of the pegmatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 56 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 59 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 22 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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