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Record: MDI31C09NE00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brockville Mining Company - 1906
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1994-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 42' 1.09"    Longitude: -76° 4' 37.07"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 414677.45   Northing: 4950222.86    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1906-08: Brockville Mining Company – mine in production for part of the year, pit sunk to depth of 100 feet following the dip of the vein


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite Contains
Vein 2 Phlogopite Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - A pit was sunk to approximately 60 feet and 60 feet in width. The vein is about 4 feet wide, 40 ft long and dips at 30º. There is very little vein filling as the mica occurs throughout. By 1908, the pit had been sunk to a depth of 100 feet and had a length of 40 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-01.003 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Corkill E.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV17.003 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Corkill E.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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