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| Record Name(s) | Byrnes South - 1907 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 44' 32.87" Longitude: -76° 19' 7.44"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 395599 Northing: 4955188 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NW
Point Location Description: 5 km NW of Sand Island.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, head south on highway 1 for 8.76 km. Turn right onto Highway 21 and continue for 7.5 km, turn right onto Long Lake Road and continue for 3.96 km. Site is located approximately 12 m to the north of the road.
1900: in production. 1907: Webb and Rombough – mining. 1983: Orrwell Energy Corporation Limited – DD-2-182.88 m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 31C16SW0013 | 31C16SW0013 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2 | Footwall |
Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - A few surface pits were opened along a contact between pyroxenite and crystalline limestone on which occur light-coloured mica crystals of small size.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Talc | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - A few tons of good quality amber mica were taken out during each of the periods of operations.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Book - NMI 31C09 MIC 12
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 62-63 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV10.005 Date: 1998
Author: De Kalb C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 24 Date: 1997
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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