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| Record Name(s) | Silver Queen Mines - 1903, Smith Mine - 1908 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate, Mica, Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Wollastonite
Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess
Latitude: 44° 46' 22.89" Longitude: -76° 14' 57.21"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 401154 Northing: 4958496 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel south from Perth on Co. Rd. 14 to Lally Drive [ the road to Murphy's Point Provincial Park ] and proceed east about 2.7 km.
1903: R. McConnell – in production. 1905: E. Smith - in production 1905-09: Dominion Improvement and Development Company – in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains | ||
| Pegmatite | 3 | Host | ||
| Skarn | 4 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Diopside | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Wollastonite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Microcline | Economic | Ore |
Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - The deposit was opened in 1903 as a mica mine; mica and apatite were recovered between 1905 and 1947. It was developed by a shaft and a few pits.There is a large dump near the shaft and smaller ones nearby. A feldspar deposit was worked from a pit located 500 feet southeast of the mica-apatite shaft. The mica-apatite lead occurs along the contact of a pyroxenite dike within gneiss and crystalline limestone. The strike is N30E with a dip to the northwest. The mica and phosphate occur as large pockets along the contact of the dike. Much of the mica is crushed and twisted.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1914 | 2712 | MDC006, p. 45-46 | 1911-1914: 2990 tons of feldspar produced |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 167-168 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: 51-53 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: 23 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 45-46 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 60 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wollastonite in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5715 Page: 179-185 Date: 1990
Author: MacKinnon A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 29-31 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:
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