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| Record Name(s) | W. Lacelle Property - 1976, Loon Lake Quarry - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica
Township or Area: Merritt
Latitude: 46° 11' 59.46" Longitude: -81° 44' 21.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 442968.001 Northing: 5116517.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I04NE
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Highway 6 S from highway 17 For approximately 11km. Take access road east For 900m directly into quarry. Entrance locked and gated.
1965: stripping, several tons of quartz removed for pre-cast concrete facings. 1967: W. Lacelle - 7 DD (90 m). 1996: North Star Sand and Gravel - quarrying
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Merritt-0010-A1 | 41I04NE0045 | 41I04NE0045 |
Province: Southern
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 2 | Adjacent |
Aug 10, 2009 (A Wilson) - The vein strikes approximately east-west and dips steeply. The vein is 90 m long and up to 30 m wide. Contacts with the Espanola formation are exposed on both the north and south sides of the quarry. Both contacts are strongly sheared and rusty brown to brick red hematitic iron staining is common. On the north wall and exposures to the north, quartz forms sheeted veins within the intensely sheared country rock. The vein lies at the contact between the Espanola and Serpent Formations
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Aug 10, 2009 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by J. McAuley in 1995 returned an averaged SiO2 value of 99.89%. Deleterious minerals associated with the vein include: sericite, epidote, Fe-carbonate, pyrite, malachite and chalcopyrite.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Merritt and Foster townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2311 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975
Author: Card K.D., Blackburn C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Espanola-Whitefish Falls area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R131 Page: 59 Date: 1976
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Folio - Merritt Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF146 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - An Evaluation of Potential High-Purity Silica Sources: Preliminary Site Investigation, Volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5948 Page: 159-165 Date: 1996
Author: McAuley J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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