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Record: MDI31C16SW00059

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) E. Smith Property - 1904
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Oct-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Phosphate, Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess

Latitude: 44° 48' 48.47"    Longitude: -76° 16' 13.74"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 399542   Northing: 4963014    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Perth head west on highway 6 for 6.71 km, turn left onto Glen Tay Road and continue for 2.92 km. Turn right onto Scotch Lime Road (highway 10) and continue for 4.84 km. Turn left onto highway 14 and continue for 3.21 km. Turn left onto Powers Road and continue for 0.86 km to end of road. Follow the foot trail for 1 km to the site.



Exploration History

1883: two pits opened, 2000 tons apatite removed. 1904-1906: E. Smith – property in operation


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Gneiss 1 Granite Contains
Skarn 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica occurs in fissures in pyroxenite dikes which strike NW and cut granite gneiss at intervals of 15-30 ft.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ApatiteEconomicOre
2PhlogopiteEconomicOre
3CalciteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 08, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mica is light silver amber to brownish amber and is of fair quality. Some mica has been crushed and impaired by calcite inclusions.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1883 2000

References

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: 51  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 67-68  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 15, 140  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Publication - Mica; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 701

Publication Number: CMB Pub 701 Date: 1929

Author: Spence, H.S.

Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch

Location:


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:


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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