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| Record Name(s) | Sand Pit - 1899 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate
Secondary Commodities: Zircon (Gemstones)
Township or Area: Burgess
Latitude: 44° 50' 5.15" Longitude: -76° 14' 42.47"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 401583 Northing: 4965348.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: 0.8 km SSE of Andrew Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: About 4 miles directly south of Perth, near Otty Lake.
1871: E. Schultze – mining; 1873: Morris and Griffin - mining, 1908-1910: R. McConnell - mining
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Phlogopite-Diopside | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Contains | ||
| Marble | 3 | Adjacent |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica and apatite occur in pink calcite at the contact of dark pyroxenite and dark biotite gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Zircon | Economic | Ore |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - The zircons do not occur in sufficient quantity to be of commercial interest.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Publication - Rare-element minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 11
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 11 Page: 237-238 Date: 1932
Author: Ellsworth, H V
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102445
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 622 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Part - Corundum in Ontario
Publication Number: ARV08-02.005 Page: 242 Date: 1998
Author: Blue A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 175 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
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:
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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