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Record: MDI31C16SW00102

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Burns-Martin Property - 1893
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess

Latitude: 44° 48' 39.2"    Longitude: -76° 19' 11.91"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 395624   Northing: 4962790.32    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: Point 0.7 km northwest of Stanleyville.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1893: H. Burns – small prospect pits mined


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pyroxenite 1 Pyroxenite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MicaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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:


Publication - Mica, its occurrence, exploitation and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 118

Publication Number: CMB Pub 118 Page: 180  Date: 1912

Author: de Schmid, H. S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 156-157  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


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