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MDI31C09SW00004
| Record Name(s) | W. Poole - 1985, Lot 10, Con 11 - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1985-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Bedford
Latitude: 44° 35' 33.8" Longitude: -76° 28' 25.8"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 383019.266 Northing: 4938764.893 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09SW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Mi ' just N of Buce Bay of Devil Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
The property was owned by W. Poole of Freeland and was operated intermittently by various parties from 1892 to 1910. There is a pit 20 feet deep.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pyroxenite | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 14, 2024 (Therese Pettigrew) - The phlogopite occurs in crystals up to 5 inches in size in white calcite with abundant pyrrhotite cutting pyroxenite and quartz. The mica leads are irregular pockety fissures (Hewitt, 1968).
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 161-162 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 12 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 22-23 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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