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Record: MDI31C15SE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McNally Mine - 1901, North Half, Lot 4, Concession III - 1901, Cunningham and Mills - 1909
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: South Sherbrooke

Latitude: 44° 45' 32.52"    Longitude: -76° 32' 30.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 377964   Northing: 4957339    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: 1.8 km west of Bolingbroke community.



Exploration History

1902: McNally – property in operation. 1909: Cunningham and Mills – property in operation. 1912: Miller and Innes – property acquired


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PhlogopiteEconomicOre
2ApatiteEconomicGangue
3CalciteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - The average width of the mica leads is 2 feet. The mica is light amber.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 183-184  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: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 76  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 164  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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