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Record: MDI31C09NW00035

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J.Smith Property - 1900, Smith Mine - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: North Crosby

Latitude: 44° 45' 24.76"    Longitude: -76° 23' 13.51"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 390215   Northing: 4956879    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NW

Point Location Description: Point 2.6 km north of Grady Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1900 : J. Smith worked the property.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Biotite-Garnet Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Pyroxenite Migmatitic Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 186  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: 73  Date: 1929

Author: Spence, H.S.

Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 80  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1967

Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951


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