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Record: MDI31C07NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) N. Amey - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1985-May-30
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Phosphate



Location

Township or Area: Loughborough

Latitude: 44° 27' 28.28"    Longitude: -76° 31' 53.75"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 378153.408   Northing: 4923868.637    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Just north of small lake NW of Wilmer Village.



Exploration History

1870's: N. Amey of Perth Road opened the mine for phosphate and was subsequently worked by Weber and Company. 1908: Company sold to Loughborough Mica Company. Production from 1899 to 1904 was 85 tons valued at $15,872.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 148-149  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: 128  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: 15  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 32  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 32-33  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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