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| Record Name(s) | Crystal Quarries Ltd. - 1996, Crystal Quartz Canada - 2001, Hansen Quartz Vein - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica Sand
Township or Area: Line Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 35' 50.06" Longitude: -93° 18' 30.65"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 477705.596 Northing: 5493897.129 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F11SW
Point Location Description: Quarry
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The quarry is located south of Muskeg Bay, Eagle Lake , approx. 30 km due south of Vermilion Bay.The quarry is accessed by a network of logging roads. From the intersection of Highways 594 and 502, travel south on Highway 502 for 17.9 km. Turn right on Century Road, travel for 30.7 km, at the fork in the road stay right. At 34.1 km crossthe Bear Narrows Bridge. At the next fork in the road stay right again, the quarry is at 56.9 km from theHighway 502 and Century Road intersection.
1985: T. Hansen staked the occurrence after discussing sources of white rock for use as aggregate with C. Storey (MNDM). 1986: The quartz vein was stripped and drilled to a depth of 30 ft. Approximately 5000 tons was blasted and shipped to customers in Winnipeg and Minneapolis. 1987: Crystal Quarries Ltd. was incorporated and production of landscaping stone and aquarium stone. Approximately 500 tons was produced. Production is 25,759 tons from 1991-1995. Reserves are unknown.
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Blackburn (1978) described the geology of the area: Metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks trend northeasterly. As noted in the Eagle Lake-Wabigoon Lake-Stormy Lake area immediately to the east ... the metasediments of the Warclub 'series' lie to the northwest, and the Populus metavolcanics to the southeast, and are in sharp mutual contact. The quartz vein is hosted in hornblende-biotite diorite and quartz diorite. The vein as exposed in the pit isapproximately 220 feet long by 90 feet wide and 40 feet deep.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Hbl-Bt/Qtz Diorite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - Blackburn (1978) described the geology of the area: Metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks trend northeasterly. As noted in the Eagle Lake-Wabigoon Lake-Stormy Lake area immediately to the east ... the metasediments of the Warclub 'series' lie to the northwest, and the Populus metavolcanics to the southeast, and are in sharp mutual contact. The quartz vein is hosted in hornblende-biotite diorite and quartz diorite. The vein as exposed in the pit is approximately 220 feet long by 90 feet wide and 40 feet deep.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - The quarried material consists of 'bull' white quartz. Impurities within the quartz comprise less than 1% of the total composition. Impurities include pyrite and arsenopyrite. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: SAMPLE NO. Q1: 99.60 SiO2, 0.32 Al2O3, 0.005 Fe2O3, 0.003 CaO, 0.001 MgO, 0.008 Na2O, <0.0005 MnO, 0.027 P2O5. SAMPLE NO. Q2: 99.57 SiO2, 0.37 Al2O3, 0.0057 Fe2O3, 0.003 CaO, 0.0011 MgO, 0.009 Na2O, <0.0005 MnO, <0.005 P2O5. Analyses by Lakefield Research, Lakefield, Ontario'.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Date: Dec 13, 1996
Geologist: R Degagne
Notes: Visit in August 1992 by P. Hinz and R. M. Landry (OGS OFR 5889, 1994)
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Hansen White Quartz | 1986 | Proven | 124228 | OFR5889 | Silica Sand 99.8 NA |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1991 | 23368 |
Aggregate 23368 Tonnes |
Production is 25,759 tons from 1991-1995 | |
| 1987 | 500 |
Aggregate 453500 Kilograms |
OGS-OFR 5889, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL OCCURENCES & DEPOSITS IN NW ONT., 1994, P. 13. | |
| 1986 | 5000 |
Aggregate 4113245 Kilograms |
OGS-OFR 5889, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL OCCURENCES & DEPOSITS IN NW ONT., 1994, P. 13. |
Compend - Report of activities, 1986, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP134 Page: 3 Date: 1987
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - POPULUS LAKE AREA, DIST. OF KENORA, ODM, V.65, PT. 4
Publication Number: ODM, v.65 Date: 1956
Author: Davies, J.C. and Watowich, S.N
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora RGP
Map - Eagle Lake area, District of Kenora, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM48D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Eagle Lake area
Publication Number: ARV48-04 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Industrial minerals geologist files
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Mulcahy gabbro
Publication Number: P2826 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Sutcliffe R.H., Smith A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Eagle Lake area
Publication Number: ARV48-04 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Industrial Mineral Occurrences and Deposits in Northwest Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5889 Page: 13-15 Date: 1994
Author: Hinz P., Landry R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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