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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C09NE00016

Record: MDI31C09NE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chickadee - 1860, Rideau Ferry - 1866
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-18
Date Last Modified 2022-May-10
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 44' 29.72"    Longitude: -76° 10' 50.44"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 406527   Northing: 4954923    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: 0.75 km northeast of Chickadee Island.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

circa1860: a small excavation was made and a quantitiy of material was shipped


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2SpinelEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 27  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Graphite; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 511

Publication Number: CMB Pub 511 Page: 41  Date: 1920

Author: Spence, H.S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307722


Book - Geology and Minerals of Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 396, 445  Date: 1929

Author:

Publisher Name: Garden City Press

Location: Tweed RGP


Publication - Reports and maps of investigations and surveys 1882-83-84

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1882-4 Page: 14L  Date: 1885

Author: Selwyn, A R C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/224678


Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000    Date: 1985

Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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