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| Record Name(s) | Anglo-Canadian - 1860, Otty Lake Mine - 1904, Kent Mine - 1907, R. Matheson Property - 1870, Boyce Mine - 1967 |
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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
Latitude: 44° 50' 35.35" Longitude: -76° 14' 4.12"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 402439 Northing: 4966268 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: 0.25 km northeast of Andrew Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: See GSC 1968, Paper 67-51.
1870: R. Matheson – open pit mining (pit 60 ft long and 15 ft deep) 1871-1875: Meighen and Morris, Morris and Wilson – minor amounts of phosphate mined. 1907-10: Kent – mining for mica
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location [ Wilsonite ].
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Skarn | 1 | Host |
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Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - A number of openings exist on the lot, the old phosphate pits being located, principally, on the southeast end of the property. One of these pits disclosed a flat, pockety lead averaging 3 feet wide, and carrying a vein filling of dark green apatite and mica, under a capping of dark gneiss. The vein strikes northwest.
| 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 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Wilsonite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica occurs in pocket leads in pyroxenite with calcite and apatite. The deposit at this point consists of pockety accumulations of light,silver-amber mica, associated with white calcite, and small amounts of green apatite. Large sheets of the mica were shipped to Paris in 1860 for use as port-holes in French battleships. This was the first mica deposit to be worked in the province. It was last worked in 1902 by numerous pits (some over 100 feet deep) along a ridge overlooking Pike Lake. The dumps, in wooded areas near the pits, are now partly overgrown and covered with moss.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1907 | 32 | MDC008 | 35 tons of mica produced, $4725.00 |
Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396
Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 55-56, 128, 141-142 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 283, 300-301 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Publication - Mica; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 701
Publication Number: CMB Pub 701 Page: 73 Date: 1929
Author: Spence, H.S.
Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch
Location:
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 39, 201, 237 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: 70 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 19-20, 146 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St. Jean, Quebec;; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51
Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Page: 34-35 Date: 1968
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977
Publication - Report of progress for 1873-74
Publication Number: GSC 1873 Page: 114-118 Date: 1874
Author: Selwyn, A R C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225928
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:
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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