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Record: MDI41I07NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Wanup Southwest - 1925, Wanup Property - 1925
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	1980-Mar-10
Date Last Modified	2022-Feb-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)

Secondary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals), Mica, Silica

Location

Township or Area: Dill

Latitude: 46° 23' 27.69" Longitude: -80° 49' 43.89"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 513158.176 Northing: 5137508.695 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I07NW

Point Location Description: Mineral occurrence at surface symbol (Map, GDIF068)

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Contrary to previous references this dormant mining operation appears to be confined to Lot 2, Con.II, Dill Township, due south of Elizabeth Feldspar Mine. The mine working is reached by travelling 1.6 kilometres southwest of the official Wanup town intersection on Highway 537, to a north easterly bearing arterial dirt road just east of the Wanup General Store. This road is followed for an additional 0.8 kilometre to the access road of the Fran Graf Farm. The excavation is visible 0.4 kilometre due west beyond the extent of arable cleared farm land. (OFR5329, p. 78)

Exploration History

The property was opened in 1925 by Wanup Feldspar Mines Ltd., of Lucknow, Ontario and operated until 1928 with an estimated 10,160 tonnes of feldspar and several carloads of mica scrap being removed. Deterioration of ore grade and flooding closed this operation. In 1954 and 1955, Cubar Uranium Mines Limited explored the property by diamond drilling for uranium and rare earth mineralization. Mining was not economically feasible due to the erratic distribution of ore. The mine is currently being used as a fishing resevoir by the Graf family who own the land. (OFR5329, p.79)

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Pegmatite	1	Alkalic Feldspar, Muscovite, Biotite, Garnet, Qtz		Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type
1	Feldspar	Economic	Ore
2	Garnet	Economic	Ore
3	Mica	Economic	Ore
4	Quartz	Economic	Ore
5	Allanite	Economic	Ore

Mineral Record Details

References

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:

MonoMap - Geology of the Burwash area, districts of Nipissisng, Parry Sound, and Sudbury

Publication Number: R116 Scale: Date: 1975

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

Map - Broder, Dill, Neelon and Dryden townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: M2017 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997

Author: Phemister T.C., MacGregor I.D., Grant J.A., Pearson W.J., Thomson J.E., Bowie G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Map - Sudbury geological compilation, Sudbury District, Sudbury Regional Municipality

Publication Number: M2491 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984

Author: Dressler B.O.