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| Record Name(s) | H.C. Bellew - 1930, T. Farrell - 1922, Barite Products Ltd. - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Barite
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 48' 32.2" Longitude: -76° 21' 23.91"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 392720.94 Northing: 4962622.17 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Ba ', west-northwest of Stanleyville and north of Pike Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
1918-29: T. Farrell – prospecting, trenching. H.C. Bellew – in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granitic | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Barite | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - Barite occurs as a single vein, striking northwest and having a maximum width (as exposed in the surface pits) of approximately 2 feet. The ore is massive with a platy structure. Crystallized barite is common in druses. An analysis of the ore made up of material taken from the stock pits at the various openings on the vein assayed 95.26% BaSO4 and 4.00% SrO2.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 304.8 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 363 |
Barite 363 Tonnes |
1920-21: 400 tons produced |
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:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 35-36 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 68 Date: 1970
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Gazetteer - Barium and strontium in Canada, p. 55
Publication Number: No. 570 Date: 1922
Author: H.S. Spence
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 35-36 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
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 25, 27, 31 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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