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| Record Name(s) | Cordick Mine - 1908, Ritchie and Jackson - 1870, The McKinley Lot - 1871, Rinaldo McConnell Property - 1917 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica, Phosphate
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 50' 21.07" Longitude: -76° 14' 11.34"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 402274 Northing: 4965830 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, south on hwy 1 for 4.39km turning right onto Wildlife Rd for 2.13km. Turn left onto Otty Lake Sideroad for 2.58km then right onto McLaren Rd for 1.46km. Turn left onto side road for 0.41km keeping left.
1870: Ritchie and Jackson – mining of apatite, shaft sinking. A 30-ft deep shaft was sunk on a 3 ft vein and drifts were run in both directions from this opening along the lead. 1908: Kent Brothers – in production. 1917: Rinaldo McConnel – in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Host | ||
| Vein | 3 | Mica-Apatite | Contains |
Sep 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mica-apatite veins strike northwest and average 2 feet in width. Narrow bands of pyroxenite separate the veins from the host syenite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - The apatite is green in colour, and both granular and massively crystalline, occurring associated with amber mica on well defined veins. These veins strike N.W. and S.E., and average about 2 feet in width. The rock adjacent to the leads is a coarsely crystalline, quartz-syenite: narrow bodies of pyroxenite separating the vein filling from the country rock. The mica-apatite veins average 2 ft in width. Narrow bands of pyroxenite separate the veins from quartz-syenite country rock
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 4 | In 1917 4 tons of mica was produced and valued at $906.00 | ||
| 1870 | 907 | 1000 tons of apatite was mined from the site in1870 |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 178 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: 56 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
Publication - Report of progress for 1873-74
Publication Number: GSC 1873 Page: 118-123 Date: 1874
Author: Selwyn, A R C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225928
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 23 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 53-54 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 70-71 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 147 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:
Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1961
Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951
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