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| Record Name(s) | Hanlon Mine - 1896, General Electric Property - 1901 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Secondary Commodities: Phosphate
Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess
Latitude: 44° 47' 42.57" Longitude: -76° 15' 36.89"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 400320 Northing: 4960968 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: series of pits and trenches on south side of Long Lake road.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, head south on highway 1 for 8.76 km. Turn right on highway 21 and continue for 7.50 km. Turn right on Long Lake Road and continue for 3.38 km. The site is located approximately 60 m west of the intersection of Long Lake Road and a side road.
circa 1897: Webster and Company – underground development. 1899: Webster and Company – shaft developed to 35 feet and mica was mined from it. 1901-1909: General Electric Company – mine in production.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Biotite-Gneiss | Adjacent |
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| Skarn | 2 | Host |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is found at the contact of pyroxenitic gneiss.
| 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) - The mica and phosphate occur in a matrix of calcite in leads striking NE-SW and dipping southeast.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
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:
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 171 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 64 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Kingston Ontario to Lac St. Jean, Quebec, p. 32-33
Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Date: 1968
Author: A. Sabina
Publisher Name:
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 129-131 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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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