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| Record Name(s) | P. Farrell Property - 1951, Northern Vermiculite Ltd. - 1956, Norden Vermiculite Ltd. - 1961 |
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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-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Vermiculite
Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess, Burgess
Latitude: 44° 49' 5.64" Longitude: -76° 19' 5.96"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 395768 Northing: 4963604 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: numerous pits
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, west on hwy 6 for 6.71km turning left onto Glen Tay Rd for 2.92km. Right onto Scotch Line Rd (hwy 10) for 1.96km then left onto hwy 10 for 3.96km. Site is located ~75m northwest of hwy through the bush.
1951-1952: North Bay Mica Company Ltd. – trenching, diamond drilling. 1956-57: Northern Vermiculite Ltd. – property optioned; property in production, established exfoliating plant in Perth, then opened plant in Glen Tay. 1958: Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company – property optioned, 610 m DD. 1960-61: Norden Vermiculite Ltd. – DD-13.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Phlogopite-Diopside | Adjacent |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - The main zone as "a steeply plunging pod of coarse grained phlogopite-diopside gneiss enclosed by a moderately silicated marble. The zone, measuring some 200 feet by 70 feet, elongated in a northeast-southwest direction, and plunges to the east at 75º. The degree of vermiculitization is generally low. Small lenses of biotite schist containing a high degree of vermiculitization occur elsewhere on the property. Partially hydrated, light coloured mica occurs as disseminations within the marble band. Several small (up to 1.5 m) syenitic dykes were reported by Guillet to transect both the vermiculitized zone and wallrocks, generally striking north-east and dipping easterly.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Vermiculite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Diopside | Economic | Ore |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica has been partly altered to vermiculite, but the degree of hydration is generally not high. Elsewhere on the property are minor lenses of biotite schist, some of which are quite highly vermiculitized. Flake size of the mica is commonly in the range of 1/8 to 3/8 of an inch.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lens | 200 | 70 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | 15,000 4 ft3 bags produced from the two plants before operations ceased (1956-57) |
Publication - Mica Deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 19
Publication Number: Econ Geol 19 Page: 97-98 Date: 1960
Author: Hoadley, J W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102453
Mono - Vermiculite in Ontario, with an appendix on perlite
Publication Number: IMR007 Page: 11-13 Date: 1998
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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 - Vermiculite in the Stanleyville area, Lanark County, eastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5711 Page: 41-44 Date: 1989
Author: MacKinnon A., Kingston P.W., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Classic mineral collecting localities in Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 37
Publication Number: GSC MR37 Page: 37 Date: 1983
Author: Hogarth, D D; Moyd, L; Rose, E R; Steacy, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119504
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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