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| Record Name(s) | Old Adams Mine - 1901, Klondyke Mine - 1901, Watts and McConnell Property - 1906 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate, Mica
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 47' 12.07" Longitude: -76° 16' 15.09"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 399466 Northing: 4960040 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: 1.25 km south of Mills Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Perth head south on hwy 1 for 8.76km, Turn right onto Hwy 21 for 7.5km, Turn right onto Long Lake Road for 4.58 Km, turn left onto side road (no name) for 0.476km. Site is ~50m SW of this point through the bush.
pre 1901: property worked for phosphate. 1901: General Electric Company – property leased. 1906-1907: Watts and McConnell/Noble – property in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic Gneiss | 1 | Granite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyroxene | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mica-phosphate-calcite leads strike north and are closely associated with pyroxenite which cuts granite gneiss. Large bodies of pink calcite containing bunches of green apatite crystals occurred in a pockety fashion along the veins
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
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 49 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 65 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 12, 131 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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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