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| Record Name(s) | MacLaren Mine - 1870 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica, Phosphate, Mineral Specimen
Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements
Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess, Burgess
Latitude: 44° 50' 8.78" Longitude: -76° 15' 23.54"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 400683 Northing: 4965475.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: open cut
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, south on highway 1 for 4.39km turning right onto Wildlife Road for 2.13km. Turn left onto Otty Lake sideroad for 2.58km then right onto McLaren Road for 2.76km. Site is ~120m beyond the trail northwest and west through the bush.
1870: Watts Bros - in production, 1878-1883: P.C. Adams - in production; 1888: Anglo-Canadian Phosphate Company - in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Feb 23, 2012 (A Wilson) - The mica-apatite leads strike northwest-southeast and dip vertically. Some of the leads can be traced for a length of 200 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Anhydrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 04, 2015 (C Papertzian) - cenosite (kainosite) present.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1906 | 137 | MDC008, P. 71, mica production | in production 1906-1909, 1911-1914 and 1916-1917; mica production 151 tons | |
| 1870 | 4899 | MDC006, P. 54, phosphate production | in production 1870,1878-1883 and 1888: phosphate production 5400 tons |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 178-179 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 178-179 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Publication - Report of progress for 1873-74
Publication Number: GSC 1873 Page: 123-128 Date: 1874
Author: Selwyn, A R C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225928
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 19 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396
Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 56-57 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
Publication - Rare earths of the Grenville Sub-province, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 59-10
Publication Number: Paper 59-10 Page: 39 Date: 1960
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101254
Book - NMI 31C16 PHOS 5
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 23 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 71 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 54 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 35-36 Date: 1968
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977
Map - Gananoque area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 32
Publication Number: GSC MR 32 Page: 35-36 Date: 1983
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119737
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