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| Record Name(s) | W. Fowler - 1909 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: South Sherbrooke
Latitude: 44° 45' 40.2" Longitude: -76° 30' 43.93"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 380321 Northing: 4957532 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C15SE
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: South of Bolingbroke.
1909: W. Fowler - mine owner. Mr. Austin of Toronto operated the mine. (main pit averaged 20 ft deep, 15 feet wide and 30 ft long).
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Quartzo-Feldspathic | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Pyroxenitic | Host |
Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - Well layered quartz-biotite-garnet-feldspar gneiss± garnet, locally containing cordierite, hypersthene or sillimanite and dark green weathering pyroxene gneiss and pyroxene-hornblende gneiss. The mica lead strikes N65ºW in dark pyroxenite cutting dark gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mica is a very dark variety and much crushed. It is associated with much pyrite and minor calcite.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 181-182 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:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 161 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 75 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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:
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