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Record: MDI31C10NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Tom Cook - 1982, T. Cooke - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Jan-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Phosphate



Location

Township or Area: Oso

Latitude: 44° 44' 45.2"    Longitude: -76° 33' 48.93"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 376221.44   Northing: 4955911.788    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Dot symbol Mi, on Map 1947-5 Olden-Bedford Area, on SE shore of Sucker Lake.



Exploration History

Circa 1890, mica mining operations from several pits that were opened, the largest being 9.1 m long x 7.6 m deep. c.1920 further mica mining was started and the property was worked for a short while; no production records noted from either period of mining activities, (MRC 8).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ApatiteEconomicOre
2PhlogopiteEconomicOre
1CalciteEconomicGangue
2HornblendeEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Olden-Bedford area, County of Frontenac, Ontario

Publication Number: M1947-05 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - NMI 31C10 MIC 40

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Scale:     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 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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