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| Record Name(s) | Mahon Mine - 1908 |
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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: Phosphate, Mica
Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 47' 4.89" Longitude: -76° 14' 19.02"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 402013 Northing: 4959779 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: open cut
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, south on hwy 1 for 8.76km Turning right onto hwy 21 For 10.38km. Right onto medium grade gravel road for ~300m. Largest pit is located on right while other pits are ~40m to left.
1908-1912: J. Mahone – in production for mica: a shaft was sunk on the property to a depth of 30 ft.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Skarn | 1 | Is |
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Sep 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica occurs in pink calcite bodies in fissures and pods in pyroxenite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Apatite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica occurs in pink calcite bodies in fissures and pods in pyroxenite. The mica is of good quality, but small in size being 2 by 3 inches. The lead strikes N75E. The mica is of fine quality, dark mottled amber in colour and of rather small size (2-3 inches).
Dec 09, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Mineral: loganite present.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1908 | 1 | mica to the value of $4000,00 has been taken out in the space of a few months |
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 145 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 58-59 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 166 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 113-114 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
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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