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Record: MDI31C16SW00066

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) P. McParland Mine - 1907
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Oct-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Phosphate



Location

Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess

Latitude: 44° 46' 18.89"    Longitude: -76° 22' .28"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 391853   Northing: 4958522    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: 5.75 km SW of Stanleyville.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1907-1912: P. McParland – pit in operation, property was worked intermittently


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host
Dolomitic Rock 2 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - Some good mica was extracted from a surface pit. Very little phosphate occurred at this site.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Page: 72  Date: 1968

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: 179  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297232


Publication - Mica; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 701

Publication Number: CMB Pub 701 Page: 73  Date: 1929

Author: Spence, H.S.

Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 151  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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