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| Record Name(s) | Webster Mine - 1912 |
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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-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Apatite (Nonmetals), Calcite
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 45' 3.78" Longitude: -76° 10' 7.3"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407491 Northing: 4955960 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: open cut
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1910: E.F. Jones – mine dumps exploited for mica. 1912: Webster and Company – inactive The property was owned by Webster and Company and last worked by Gemmell and McLaren.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Pyroxenitic | Host |
Sep 04, 2015 (A Wilson) - The pyroxenite is hard, compact and horizontally banded. The mica leads are irregularly spaced throughout the rock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 04, 2015 (A Wilson) - Pyrite occurs in large quantities and little apatite occurs. Calcite is also relatively absent.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 189-190 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: 82 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Mica; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 701
Publication Number: CMB Pub 701 Page: 74 Date: 1929
Author: Spence, H.S.
Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch
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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