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Record: MDI41I07NW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Oscar Pelto - 1980, Elbow Creek - 1980, Wanapitei River Junction Deposit - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1980-Mar-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)

Secondary Commodities: Mica, Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: Cleland

Latitude: 46° 23' 2.47"    Longitude: -80° 48' 35.48"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 514621.204   Northing: 5136733.658    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I07NW

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

PAST PRODUCTION: IN 1928 ONE CARLOAD OF FELDSPAR WAS SHIPPED., PAST PRODUCTION: O.PELTO REWORKED THE DEPOSIT IN 1935-36 AND SHIPPED 4 CARLOADS OF FELDSPAR+MICA.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicOre
2BiotiteEconomicOre
3FeldsparEconomicOre
4MicaEconomicOre
5MuscoviteEconomicOre
6HematiteEconomicOre
7ApatiteEconomicOre

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:


Folio - Cleland Township, Sudbury Mining Division, 41I/7

Publication Number: GDIF543 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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