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Record: MDI31F06NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Meany Mine - 1880, Edmond Platt Property - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1986-Mar-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones), Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Sebastopol

Latitude: 45° 27' 48.1"    Longitude: -77° 9' 54.2"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 330742   Northing: 5036706.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Lake Clear turn right on hwy 512, proceed east 6.5km to Wittke Road, turning right and then south for 3km. Follow overgrown trail past clearing approx 460m past deer stand in tree to rock dump and trench.



Exploration History

1880 - opened and operated until 1883.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granite Host
Quartz Monzonite 2 Gneissic Contains
Sandstone 3 Arkose Gneissic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - A 25 foot deep pit was opened on a mixed vein of apatite and pyroxene, intersected by small veins of pink calcite. The vein varies in width from 6 to 16 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ApatiteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3HornblendeEconomicOre
4OrthoclaseEconomicOre
5PyroxeneEconomicOre
6ScapoliteEconomicOre
7TitaniteEconomicOre
8ZirconEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Orthoclase variety sunstone.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1883 300 AR53 pt 3 p. 18 approximately 300 tons of apatite was mined from this site circa 1880-1883

References

Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8

Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 92-93  Date: 1964

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119882


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 33-35  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 18  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 58-59  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 199  Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County

Publication Number: R209 Page: 53  Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 11  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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