Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Lynn - 1991, Brooks Bay - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Methuen
Latitude: 44° 38' 45.52" Longitude: -77° 57' 40.65"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 265170.64 Northing: 4947890.74 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 3.3 km SSE of Blue Mountain.
Exploration for mica in the vacinity started in early 1900, opening and trenches are reported by Adams F.D & Barlow, A. E. 1912 in "Report on the Building and Ornamental Stones of Canada," Vol. I, Mines Branch, Can. Dept. Mines, No. 100, 1912"
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Domain: Belmont
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Pegmatites Dikes | Host |
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Nov 28, 2019 (Nazha Sabiri) - Mica found in syenite dikes cutting amphibolite. Muscovite and biotie occuring in small sheets (ARV52, p59)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Methuen Township, County of Peterborough, Ontario
Publication Number: M1960E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Abrasives, products of Canada, technology and application, part I, siliceous abrasives, sandstones, quartz, tripoli, pumice, and volcanic dust; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 673
Publication Number: CMB Pub 673 Page: 18 Date: 1927
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306497
Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6
Publication Number: GSC Mem 6 Page: 369 Date: 1910
Author: Adams, F D; Barlow, A E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 59 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 160-161 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 219 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 94 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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