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| Record Name(s) | Big Rideau Lake - 1867, Levett and Davis - 1893, Watts and Noble - 1901, Dominion Improvement and Development - 1909, Biram Mines Ltd. - 1942 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica, Phosphate
Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess
Latitude: 44° 48' 24.12" Longitude: -76° 12' 9.57"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 404894 Northing: 4962181 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: just northwest of Caulfields Island.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, south on Hwy 1 for 8.76km turning right on Hwy 21 for 8.11km. Turn left onto Cedar Gate Road for 1.23 km (ignore first left). Keep left and continue for 0.78km. Site is located ~8m from shore of Rideau Canal (~50m east of road).
1867: Rideau Mining Company – mica, phosphate mined. 1893: Levett and Davis – in production. 1905-1916:: Dominion Improvement and Development Company – mine operated in 1909 and 1916. 1917: E. Smith – mine in operation. 1939-40: W.G. Connors and L.J. Smith- in production. 1942-43: Biram Mines Limited and Perth Mica Limited - in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Skarn | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Host |
Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - Veins of calcite, mica and phosphate strike east-west to northwest and cut pyroxenite which in turn cuts dark gneiss.
| 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 | Phosphate | Economic | Ore |
Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - Phosphate was mined on these lots as far back as 1867, when the Rideau Mining Company conducted operations for a short period. Other lots, including 8, 9, and 10, were simultaneously worked by this Company, who opened up a number of shallow pits and shipped a quantity of phosphate to Germany. Many of the openings have since been exploited for mica, which occurs in some quantity on the veins. The principal work for apatite was carried out on lot 4. There, some half-dozen narrow pits have been opened upon parallel leads of phosphate and very dark mica, the openings being some 10 to 15 feet apart, and situated only about 50 feet from the shore of Big Rideau lake. The deepest of these pits is down 70 feet, the remainder being only shallow openings. The average width of the pits does not exceed 5 feet. Considerable phosphate was extracted, also, from lot 10, and the workings here are somewhat extensive.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1940 | 18 | total production between 1916 and 1940 was 18.5 tons of mica valued at $9222.00 |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 165 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 56 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 24 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 44-45 Date: 1967
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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