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Record: MDI31C09NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W.J.Webster - 1900, Webster Mine - 1900, Taggart and Arnold - 1906
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-01
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: North Crosby

Latitude: 44° 41' 47.59"    Longitude: -76° 29' 13.82"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 382171   Northing: 4950318    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NW

Point Location Description: mica symbol, northeast of Bluff Point.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Westport, north on Mountain Rd for 1.84km turning left onto Porter Rd for 2.21km. Take first left after sharp right in road and continue for 5.49km. Site is ~107m northeast through the bush.



Exploration History

1900, 1906 : Taggart and Arnold - in production. a few pits ( one is 15 ft deep ) worked by Taggart and Arnold; property owned by Webster.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 187  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Book - NMI # 507601, 31C09 MIC 19

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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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

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Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 81  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geology, Westport, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1182A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1967

Author: Wynne-Edwards, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108032


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