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Record: MDI31C16SW00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Byrne's Mine - 1900, A. Cowan - 1870, General Electric Company - 1901
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Apr-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-05
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Phosphate

Secondary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess

Latitude: 44° 47' 49.88"    Longitude: -76° 15' 53.25"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 399964   Northing: 4961199    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Perth, south on hwy 1 for 8.76km turning right onto hwy 21 for 7.5km. Turn right onto Long Lake Rd for 3.96km. Site is ~12m to north of road in bush.



Exploration History

1870-1874: A. Cowan – mine in operation, 80ft. shaft sunk. 1900: P. Byrne – mine in production. 1901-04: General Electric Company – prospecting, drilling, pit development


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Sep 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mica and phosphate leads trend northwest and southeast. The veins seldom exceed 10 feet in width and occur marginal to and within pyroxenite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PhlogopiteEconomicOre
2ApatiteEconomicOre
3HematiteEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - Narrow leads carrying dark, crushed mica, red apatite and a little calcite, strike NW and dip NE. The veins seldom exceed 10 feet in width.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1874 1361 1500 tons of phosphate produced between 1870 and 1874

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 176  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: 55  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: 24  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 52  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 68-69  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:


Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1961

Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951


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