Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Canada Flint and Spar Company - 1947, Nepawissi Lake Mine - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica, Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Hawley
Latitude: 46° 22' 50.69" Longitude: -80° 37' 26.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 528905.998 Northing: 5136420.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I07NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Access is via highway 69 south to Estaire, turning east on Nepewassi Lake Road. Continut to Vacatinland campground boat launch. Navigate easterly 9.5 km to bay on north shore, approximately 1.4 km past Green Island. Traverse NW 10 km on trail to base of quarry.
1947-48: Canadian Flint and Spar Company - 150 tons of feldspar stockpiled. 1977: Indusmin Limited - mappping, trenching, DD (3-60 ft)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Feb 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occrrence is described as a pegmatite with orthoclase, albite, quartz and biotite. The dike strikes northwesterly, dips subvertically, is up to 45 mt wide and can be traced along strike for nearly 150 m. The workings consist of an open-cut about 30 feet long, up to 10 feet wide and with an 18 foot face. The central apart of th eopen-cut is relatively rich in quartz, but elsewhere, the dike consists mainly of coarse-grained alkalic feldspar crystals up to a few feet in size with minor intergrown quartz and biotite forming books up to 1 foot across.
| 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 | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Muscovite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Zircon | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Burwash, Nipissing, Parry Sound, and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2271 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1974
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Feldspar in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR003 Page: 13 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Burwash area, districts of Nipissisng, Parry Sound, and Sudbury
Publication Number: R116 Page: 138-139 Date: 1975
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Folio - Hawley Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF254 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Industrial minerals of the Sudbury area
Publication Number: OFR5329 Page: 72-73 Date: 1981
Author: Vos M.A., Smith B.A., Stevenato R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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