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Record: MDI31C15SE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ross Gray - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Oct-12
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-15
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Oso

Latitude: 44° 47' 35.2"    Longitude: -76° 35' 36.93"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 373949.199   Northing: 4961203.425    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Dot symbol Mi, on Map 1947-5 Olden-Bedford Area, 400 m South of Fall River.



Exploration History

Circa 1900, Issac and Oscar Campsall conduct mica mining operations. A pit 15 m long x 6 m wide to a maximum of 12 m depth was sunk in the side of a hill. Mica plates up to 10 cm in diameter were observed in the vicinity of the pit, (AR Vol 56 Pt 6).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Olden-Bedford area, County of Frontenac, Ontario

Publication Number: M1947-05 Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 77  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 17  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 42  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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