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Record: MDI31C16SE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A.G. Martin Property - 1924, Webster and Company - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Apr-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 47' 13.34"    Longitude: -76° 10' 32.53"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 406994   Northing: 4959966    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Mi ' on south shore of lake just northeast of Mill Pond.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1900-1902: Webster and Company – surface trenching. 1924-26: A.G. Martin – in production


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Host
Skarn 2 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 04, 2015 (A Wilson) - Between 1902 and1926, 563,062 pounds of mica were produced at a total value of $31,785.00.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Metamorphic
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 190  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232


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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 27  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 83  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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