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| Record Name(s) | Adams Mine - 1892 |
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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
Latitude: 44° 49' 49.49" Longitude: -76° 16' 5.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 399747 Northing: 4964894 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, south on hwy 1 for 2.87km turning right onto Scotch Line south (hwy 10) for 5.81km. Turn left onto Allans Sideroad for 1.8km turning right onto Ferrier Rd for 0.56km. Turn left onto Mackler Maclaren Rd for 2.26km. Just after 90 degree right turn, take next left staying right for 800m to end of road. Site is ~200m due north through bush.
1892: property owned by W.H. Adams – operated under lease by Webster and Company.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Phlogopite-Diopside | Host |
Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Mica with a little calcite and apatite occurs in fissures and pockets in pyroxenite dikes trending east-west on the northwest part of the property and trending northwest near the lake.
| 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) - Mica with a little calcite and apatite occurred in fissures and pockets in pyroxenite dikes trending easterly on the northwest part of the property and trending northwest near the lake. The mica is very crushed in some places and splits into ribbon-mica.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 415 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 71-72 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 150 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 179 Date: 1912
Author: de Schmid, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232
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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