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| Record Name(s) | Heffron Mine - 1880 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 45' 45.95" Longitude: -76° 9' 47.31"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407949 Northing: 4957255 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: open pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Smith Falls, southwest on hwy 15 for 17.96km turning right onto Briton-Houghton Bay Rd for 3.42km. Turn left onto medium based road and continue for 500m. Site is located ~40m to south of road's end.
1880’s: W. Plummer – in operation. 1905-06: G.W. McNaughton – in operation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Siltstone | 1 | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - The veins are composed of pink calcite, phlogopite, apatite and some pyrite. Some excellent mica was produced. The mica was a golden amber colour
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 188-190 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Book - NMI 31C16 MIC 39
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
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: 81-82 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:
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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