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| Record Name(s) | Watts, Adams and Noble - 1900, Allan Atchison Mine - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jul-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate
Secondary Commodities: Mica, Barite
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 50' 54.32" Longitude: -76° 15' 46.49"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 400201 Northing: 4966888 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: former mine site
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Skarn | 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 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Barite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Numerous small openings have been made in the past upon this lot, and a small amount of phosphate was raised. The largest pit measures 15 X 6 feet, and is 30 feet deep. This opening discloses a vein of amber mica, pink calcite, and green apatite, between walls of normal pyroxenite having a direction of N.W. and S.E. The width of the lead is about 5 feet.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 179-180 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396
Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 57 Date: 1920
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 24 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 54-55 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 72 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 25, 152 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:
Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1961
Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951
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