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Record: MDI31C16SE00071

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) O'Connor Property - 1893, Smith and O'Connor - 1942
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1993-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 47' 41.93"    Longitude: -76° 10' 10.12"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407499   Northing: 4960841.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: 2 open pits

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Perth, travel south on highway 1 for 13.25 km. Turn right onto old Kingston Road and continue for 6.24 km. Turn right onto a medium-based road and continue for 0.055 km. Site is located at the end of the road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Host
Skarn 2 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MicaEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 04, 2015 (A Wilson) - Two open pits exist at the property. Pit No. 1 has a length of 20 m and a width of 15 m and a depth of 14 m. Pit No. 2 has a length of 30 m and a width of 10 m and a depth of 10 m.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Metamorphic
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Book - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses, p. 190

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1912

Author: H.S. de Schmid

Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET

Location:


Publication - Perth map-area Lanark and Leeds Counties Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 50-29

Publication Number: Paper 50-29 Scale:     Date: 1950

Author: Dugas, J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101399


Part - List of mines, quarries, and works, 1941

Publication Number: ARV51-01.002 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Tremblay M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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