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MDI31C16SW00002
| Record Name(s) | Kirkham Mine - 1917, R. McConnell - 1917 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Mar-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Bathurst, Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 51' 16.89" Longitude: -76° 28' 7.44"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 383949 Northing: 4967858 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: Abandoned mine symbol 2.5 km west of Brooke.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Perth, west along Hwy 7 for 16.84km turning right onto Kirkham Rd for 1.01km. Turn left onto side road for 250m. Site is located approximately 400m northwest from this point through the bush.
1919-21: R. McConnell – in production. 1922: November 1922: Orser-Kraft Feldspar Limited – shipped 4 carloads of feldspar
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral collecting location.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Garnet | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Sep 07, 2016 (A Wilson) - A single shallow pit 150 x 75 ft. was opened in a small dyke of feldspar carrying considerable black mica, tourmaline, garnet and pyrite. The feldspar at this mine is deep red. Quartz, mica and tourmaline are the most abundant minerals associated with it. The tourmaline is black and occurs as crystal aggregates and acicular crystals forming attractive stellate patterns on feldspar.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1917 | 3140 |
Feldspar (Nonmetals) 2849 Tonne |
1917-1923 3140 tons feldspar shipped |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 41, 86 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 49 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 170 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Page: 82 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41
Publication Number: MR 41 Page: 63-64 Date: 2003
Author: Sabina, A. P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460
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