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MDI31C07NE00009
Record Name(s) | N. Amey - 1985 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1985-May-30 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Secondary Commodities: Phosphate
Township or Area: Loughborough
Latitude: 44° 27' 28.28" Longitude: -76° 31' 53.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 378153.408 Northing: 4923868.637 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Just north of small lake NW of Wilmer Village.
1870's: N. Amey of Perth Road opened the mine for phosphate and was subsequently worked by Weber and Company. 1908: Company sold to Loughborough Mica Company. Production from 1899 to 1904 was 85 tons valued at $15,872.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 148-149 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396
Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 128 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 15 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 32 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 32-33 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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