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MDI31C10NE00012
| Record Name(s) | Crow Lake - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate
Secondary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Oso
Latitude: 44° 44' 20.21" Longitude: -76° 35' 29.93"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 373985.377 Northing: 4955183.451 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Western most pair of Mi dot symbols on Map 1947-5 Olden-Bedford Area, East of Crow Lake, just North of the CPR Line.
Circa 1890 to 1910, several generations of exploration and exploitation of mica-apatite resources by means of pits and shafts. The deepest observed pit by Harding in 1944. was 7.6 m deep inclined shaft-like pit. Mica-apatite-pyroxene-calcite veins and lenses up to 1.2 m wide, some containing mica books up to 15 cm in size were mined for mica and phosphate sources, (AR Vol 56 Pt 6).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyroxene | Economic | Ore |
Map - Olden-Bedford area, County of Frontenac, Ontario
Publication Number: M1947-05 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 163-164 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: 72 Date: 1929
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307866
Publication - Bulletin on mica; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report 869
Publication Number: GSC SepRep 869 Page: 29 Date: 1904
Author: Ells, R W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297615
Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area
Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 76 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
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:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 17 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 38 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 43 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 48 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Book - Geology and Minerals of Ontario
Publication Number: Date: 1929
Author:
Publisher Name: Garden City Press
Location: Tweed RGP
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