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Record: MDI31C16SW00068

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Adams and Noble - 1905, J.H. Mendels - 1910
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: Mica, Phosphate



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 50' 29.2"    Longitude: -76° 16' 23.91"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 399367.45   Northing: 4966125.61    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: 1.5 km west of Andrew Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1905: Adams and Noble – pit worked for mica; 1910: J.H. Mendels – property in operation


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Biotite-Garnet Contains
Skarn 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - A small pocket and fissure lead of mica with minor pink calcite occurred in a black pyroxene-hornblende dike.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1905 100 MDC008 p. 72-73 $12,000 worth of mica was obtained from a 20 foot deep pit

References

Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396

Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 57-58  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: 55  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 55  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 26, 153  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP office


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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