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Cornell Property

Occurrence in Ontario, Canada with commodity Graphite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024355
MRDS ID ISM0064
Record type Site
Current site name Cornell Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.15905, 44.74442 (WGS84)
Relative position OCCURRENCE, 500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • A SERIES OF PITS AND TRENCHES ALONG LINEAR ZONE 6 KM LONG AND 1 KM WIDE, LOCATION GIVEN IS AT EAST END, AND IS 46 KM SOUTHEAST OF TELLER ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; TELLER (A-2)
  • 6 KM NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Grenville Super Group;Grenville Super Group
    Rock description Grenville Super Group;Grenville Super Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.15905, 44.74442
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIONS OF PEGMATITE; GRPT + CLCP + PYRT; THE GRAPHITE ZONE FORMS A LOW RIDGE TRENDING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOT.THE ZONE HAS A WIDTH OF 100 TO 150 FEET OVER 1900 FEET, IT STRIKES N 50 DEG E AND APPEARS TO DIP VERTICALLY
  • ; GRPT, QRTZ + SLMN + BOTT + GRNT; IMBRICATE THRUST SHEETS INVOLVE ENTIRE SEWARD PENINSULA, FOLLOWED BY REGIONAL NORMAL FAULTS. A COLLISION ZONE BETWEEN SIBERIA AND ALASKA. A UPTHROWN HORST BLOCK CONTAINING THE REGIONALLY METAMORPHOSED GRAPHITICROCKS BOUNDED BY ENE-TRENDING NORMAL FAULT ON NORTH SIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Portland Graphite Mines Ltd.
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • NONE NONE

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( PROCESSING;). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); DRILLING FOR GRAPHITE ON PROSPECTS IN NEIGHBOURING TOWNSHIP SOME 2 MILES TO THE NORTH
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(IN VIEW OF THE REMOTENESS OF DEPOSIT AND HIGH LABOR COSTS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DEPOSIT SEEMS UNLIKELY IN THE NEAR FUTURE);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPERTZIAN, V.C., AND KINGSTON, P. W., "GRAPHITE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN EASTERN ONTARIO", ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT 5377, 1982, P.3942

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., "GRAPHITE IN ONTARIO", ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL REPORT NO.20, 1965, P.38-39

  • Deposit

    STONE, W.J.D., "CONCENTRATION OF GRAPHITE FROM THE PERTH AREA OF ONTARIO", CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND TECHNICAL SURVEYS MINES BRANCH, INVESTIGATION REPORT IR 60-65, 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFUNDERGROUND ZERO TO A FEW METERS HAND COBBED
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE TRENCHING A LARGE TONNAGE DEPOSIT OF FAIR GRADE (ABOUT 10 % C)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1984 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

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