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| Record Name(s) | J.H. Mendels - 1907 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Bathurst, Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 52' 53.55" Longitude: -76° 17' 47.56"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 397602 Northing: 4970609 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Mi ' just southeast of Glen Tay .
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 3½ miles west of Perth on the right bank of the Tay River
1907: J.H. Mendels – mica mining in two pits. Deepest pit was 50 ft; 25 ft long and 8 feet wide. No further production.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pyroxenite | 1 | Pyroxenite | Is |
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Sep 13, 2016 (A Wilson) - Dark amber mica occurs on northwest and southeast fissure leads in a soft, dark pyroxenite.. Little calcite or phosphate accompany the mica which is usually of small size.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Phosphate | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 13, 2016 (A Wilson) - The mica is a dark-amber and occurs on northwest and southeast fissure-leads. The mine produced $4000.00 worth of mica.
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: Southern Ontario RGO
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 55 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 108 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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