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Record: MDI000000000614

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Valentine Mine - 1894
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 2009-Jan-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: McDougall

Latitude: 45° 26' 39.97"    Longitude: -79° 59' 11.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 579250   Northing: 5032823    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Travel southward from highway 124 on Strathdee Lake access road for 5.2 km to con 10, Lot 12.



Exploration History

1895: Valentine Mining Company - open cut (14'x18'x15')




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 06, 2009 (A Wilson) - The 1895 report indicates that the output of merchantable mica has not been large and that the mica is of fair quality.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 106-109  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 31  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Sixth report of the Inspector of Mines

Publication Number: ARV05.009 Page: 280  Date: 1998

Author: Slaght A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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