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| Record Name(s) | E. Schultz Property - 1871, Otty Lake Mine - 1871, Morris and Griffin Property - 1873 |
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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
Secondary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 51' 6.79" Longitude: -76° 14' 27.21"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 401947 Northing: 4967246 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: 0.5 km northeast of Andrew Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A few hundred yards from the shore of Otty Lake.
1871: E. Schultz – in production. 1873:-74 – Morris and Griffin – in production. pre-1908: Anglo-Canadian Phosphate Company – mining for phosphate.1908-1910: R. McConnelly – property acquired, in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Host |
Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - The workings consisted of three main pits, the largest being 100 feet long, 15 feet wide and 40 ft. deep.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Marcasite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | 350 |
Book - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses, p. 73
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1912
Author: H.S. de Schmid
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location: Tweed RGO
Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396
Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 55 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000 Date: 1985
Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 482 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 69-70 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 18, 144-145 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Date: 1997
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:
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