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Record: MDI31C09NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A. Rogers - 1906, H. Adams - 1908
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1985-May-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Phosphate

Secondary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 42' 51.15"    Longitude: -76° 9' 10.8"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 408675.36   Northing: 4951849.83    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1906: J. Stoness - property worked. 1908: H. Adams - mining


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - Eighteen tons of phosphate was reportedly extracted from this site. Brittle yellow mica also was extracted from the site.



Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1924 1 H. Adams and J.E. Sullivan extracted some apatite and produced 481 lb of mica brittle yellow mica from the site in 1924. The mica was valued at $87.00.
1906 18 J. Stoness recovered 18 tonnes of apatite from a pit in 1906

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 191  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Publication - Mica; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 701

Publication Number: CMB Pub 701 Page: 74  Date: 1929

Author: Spence, H.S.

Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch

Location:


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:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 78-79  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 56  Date: 1967

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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