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| Record Name(s) | Star Hill Mine - 1870 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Secondary Commodities: Phosphate, Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess
Latitude: 44° 45' 39.73" Longitude: -76° 18' 2.5"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 397060 Northing: 4957228 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: south shore of Black Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
1870: Wilson and Greene owners; worked by P.C. McParland of Westport, Clemow and Powell of Ottawa and the owners. 1910: Thompson, Donnelly and Gemmell – commenced operations under a lease
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Phlogopite-Diopside | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Host |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica and apatite occur in calcite veins cutting dark pyroxenite. The veins strike east-west and average 2.5 feet wide at the surface. The mica-apatite leads trend northeast and southwest with a dip to the northwest. The minerals occur in pockets and fissure in pyoxenite. Some leads carry pink calcite. The mica usually occurs on the hanging-wall contact of pyroxenite with country rock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica and apatite occur in calcite veins cutting dark pyroxenite. Massive green apatite accompanies the mica which is a rather crushed silver-amber.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 174-175 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: 54 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: 50-51 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 67 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 138-139 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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