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Record: MDI31C09SW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bawden - 1982, Gunn - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Jun-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones), Mica



Location

Township or Area: Pittsburgh

Latitude: 44° 30' 58.2"    Longitude: -76° 25' 17.61"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 387020.408   Northing: 4930187.873    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Halfway inbetween Buck and Upper Rock Lake.



Exploration History

1885: Messrs. Bawden and Machar mined about 500 tons of phosphate in 1885. 1900: property worked for mica (MRC 6, p40). 1903: produced 5 tons of mica valued at $180 (MRC 8, p45).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396

Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 50  Date: 1920

Author: Spence, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315


Part - Mines of eastern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV10.005 Page: 133  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: 19  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 40  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 45  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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