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MDI31C10NE00037
| Record Name(s) | Thompson - 1990, Williams-Adams - 1905 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Sep-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Bedford
Latitude: 44° 37' 4.31" Longitude: -76° 35' 9.62"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 374170.234 Northing: 4941724.888 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10NE
Point Location Description: Property number ' 798 ', 1 Km NW of Bedford.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: E of the Green Bay road.
Pit and shaft 25 feet deep in crystalline limestone. The property was first opened about 1896 by E. Smith of Prescott and was worked in 1898 by Mr. Ferguson of Kingston. In 1905 work was carried out by Williams and Adams of Toronto.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2 | crystalline |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 14, 2024 (Therese Pettigrew) - The mica is in a narrow pyroxenite dike of light grey-green colour which forms a band between gneiss and crystalline limestone. The mica occurs in coarse calcite (Hewitt, 1968).
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 299 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396
Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 141 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 227 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area
Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: part 6, p. 84 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 14 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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