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| Record Name(s) | T. Cook Mine - 1900 |
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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-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: South Sherbrooke
Latitude: 44° 46' 8.57" Longitude: -76° 29' 44.48"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 381644 Northing: 4958382.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: open cut filled with debris
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: North of east half of Farren Lake and south-southeast of Feldspar.
1900: T. Cook – mining 1904: Mills and Cunningham - exploration
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Footwall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyroxenite | 2 | Pyroxenite | Hanging Wall |
Sep 18, 2015 (A Wilson) - The main pit is an inclined stope 40 ft long, 80 ft deep and 8 feet wide sunk on a contact deposit of mica between a hanging wall of pyroxenite and a footwall of dark gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 18, 2015 (D Laidlaw) - The mica lead strikes N78ºE and dips 52ºN and has an average width of 2.5 feet. The mica is somewhat twisted and crushed.
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 182-183 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: 72 Date: 1929
Author: Spence, H.S.
Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 25 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 76 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 162-163 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
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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