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Record: MDI31C16SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Nobles Bay Mine - 1917, Rogers Mine - 1903
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Apr-22
Date Last Modified 2023-Jun-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica, Apatite (Gemstones)

Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements



Location

Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess

Latitude: 44° 47' 27.5"    Longitude: -76° 13' 44.6"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 402780   Northing: 4960465    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: ' Mi ' symbol between Long Lake and Noble Bay of Rideau Lake.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Perth, south on hwy 1 for 8.76km turning right onto hwy 21 for 9.47km. Left onto side road for ~150m. Site is located on left ~25m through the bush.



Exploration History

1903-1917: J. Rogers – property in operation


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Skarn 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is found at the contact between pyroxenite and gneiss. Pockets and leads of silver-amber mica occur in large bodies of pink calcite in a contact zone between pyroxenite and gneiss. The lead has a northerly strike and one vein dips 70º W.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PhlogopiteEconomicOre
2CelestiteEconomicOre
3ApatiteEconomicOre
4ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
5SphaleriteEconomicOre
6AegirineEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 08, 2015 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - cenosite.


Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - The deposit consists of green, massive and crystalline apatite and phlogopite. The rare mineral cenosite has been found at this locality but is difficult to find now. It occurred as tiny prisms on colourless quartz crystals and on white to pink calcite crystals lining small cavities in coarse limestone. It varied from a transparent pink to almost opaque rose colour. Other minerals found in the cavities are: chalcopyrite, as tiny striated crystals; celestite, as platy aggregates; pyroxene, as rosettes of silvery acicular crystals. Grains of apatite, sphalerite and phlogopite occur in the limestone . Trans - parent, doubly-terminated quartz crystals up to 2 inches long have been found at this locality. Patches of black granular tourmaline and crystals of dark green pyroxene and of brown titanite (averaging 1/2 inch long) occur in a coarse quartz-calcite matrix. Cenosite was observed at this site at the beginning of production. The deepest pit was 70 feet by 5 feet and is 5 0 feet deep.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1917 25 MDC008 P. 57-58 1903-1907, 1914, 1917: 28 tons of mica produced ($9726.00)

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 165  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Book - Rare-element Minerals of Canada, p. 237

Publication Number: EGR11 Date: 1932

Author: H.V. Ellsworth

Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET

Location:


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 316  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51

Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Page: 31-32  Date: 1968

Author: Sabina, A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977


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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 23  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 57-58  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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