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Record: MDI31C16SE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Damon Smith Property - 1942
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Apr-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 46' 15.78"    Longitude: -76° 9' 49.32"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407918   Northing: 4958176    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Mi ' between Otter Lake and Mill Pond.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From Smiths Falls travel southwest on hwy 15 for 17.96 km turning right on hwy 38 for 4.18km. Turn right on old Kingston Rd for 0.58km. At intersection with side road on right walk SSW through bush for ~300m to site



Exploration History

1928: Damon Smith – mine in operation


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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1928 43 MDC06, p. 82, mica production $4082.00 of mica produced and shipped

References

Book - NMI 31C16 MIC 41

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:


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

Publication Number: S012 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

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

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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