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Record: MDI31D16NW00075

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Burnt River Mine - 1927, Orser-McKenzie Mica Milling Company - 1927
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 56' 12.14"    Longitude: -78° 14' 58.73"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 717008.69   Northing: 4979599.46    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE, 31D16NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Just north of Lowry Lake.



Exploration History

1927: Orser-McKenzie Mica Milling Company- produced 600 pounds of phlogopite mica valued at $46 in 1927


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI 31D16 MIC 9

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:


Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Mono - Phlogopite mica in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC008 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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