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Record: MDI31C10NE00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G.S. Anderson - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-May-29
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-14
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Bedford

Latitude: 44° 42' 39.43"    Longitude: -76° 36' 29.7"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 372609.393   Northing: 4952099.787    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Mi ' on E shore of Crow Lake and nearest Crow Bay.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: A few feet from the E shore of Crow Lake.



Exploration History

1940: C. Orser of Verona sank a 12 foot pit on the mica vein. More than one ton of mica was produced in 1940 and 1941, some of scrap quality.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Muddy Sandstone 1

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10PhlogopiteEconomicOre
15TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 14, 2024 (Therese Pettigrew) - A one foot mica vein cuts steeply folded highly altered greywackes; the largest books of mica were from 4 to 5 inches in diameter. Much of the mica was creased and folded (Hewitt, 1968).



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 85  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: 11  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 15  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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