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Record: MDI31C16SE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Blackhall Mine - 1898
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Oct-15
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Phosphate, Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 47' 2.41"    Longitude: -76° 15' 5.48"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 400991   Northing: 4959718    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1898: J. Blackhall – mine in production, 1899: J. Stevenson – mine in production


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite-Garnet Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ApatiteEconomicOre
2PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Publication - Report on the geology of a portion of eastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 14

Publication Number: Ann Rep 14 Pt J Page: 71  Date: 1901

Author: Ells, R.W.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/247604


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 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: 167  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: 23  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 115  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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