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Record: MDI31C16SE00065

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Flaherty - 1873
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Phosphate



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 51' 3.2"    Longitude: -76° 13' 51.9"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 402720.4   Northing: 4967123.27    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: Point 1.1 km southeast of Doctor Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Excavation on Lot A / 1 boundary.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - Apatite occurs in loose masses embedded in a micaceous and pyroxenitic debris.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1873 4 approximately 5 tons of coarsely granular apatite have been extracted from the site.

References

Publication - Report of progress for 1873-74

Publication Number: GSC 1873 Page: 110  Date: 1874

Author: Selwyn, A R C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225928


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