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Record: MDI31C15SE00095

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McEwan Property - 1909, McNally Property - 1902
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-25
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: South Sherbrooke

Latitude: 44° 45' 2.78"    Longitude: -76° 32' 5.73"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 378501   Northing: 4956411    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15SE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: 1.5 km southwest of Bolingbroke.



Exploration History

1902: McNally – in production. 1909: Cunningham and Mills – in production; pits up to 30 feet deep. 1912: Miller and Innes – property owners


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Pyroxenitic Is

Lithology Comments

Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - Dark green weathering pyroxene gneiss and pyroxene-hornblende gneiss, derived from calc-silicate rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MicaEconomicOre
2ApatiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - The average width of the mica leads is 2 feet. The mica was light amber.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 184  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232


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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 165  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 76  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

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

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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