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| Record Name(s) | Lot 16 - 1900, Miller's Phosphate - 1900 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1993-Apr-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)
Township or Area: Monmouth
Latitude: 44° 58' 10.89" Longitude: -78° 17' 4.24"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 714135 Northing: 4983171 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 0.3 km west of McCue Lake.
circa 1900: trench (29x6x3m deep) and a pit 8x8x5 m deep. Old workings for mica occur in the northwest corner of lot 16 con 10. The main workings are a curved trench 95 ft. long, 20 feet wide and from 5 to 10 feet deep with a pit 25 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Syenitic | Contains | |
| Limestone | 3 | Serpentine | Contains |
Jan 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - Rocks present are rusty syenite gneiss, crystalline serpentine limestone and pegmatite. This deposit was opened as a phosphate prospect about 1900. Apatite occurs as light green transparent crystals and granular masses in coarsely cleavable pink to white calcite which fluoresces bright pink under "short" ultraviolet rays and reddish pink under the "long" rays. Black mica and colourless crystals of orthoclase also occur in the calcite. The pegmatite contains crystals of dark green amphibole, pink feldspar, biotite, titanite and pyrite. Crystalline limestone associated with the deposit contains orange chondrodite, light green and blue apatite, mica, colourless to smoky clinoamphibole, colourless to light green clinopyroxene and serpentine. These minerals occur in the adit area and in the nearby trench. Thorite, thorianite and uranophane occur as irregular grains and aggregates in calcite exposed by a trench on the ridge that parallels Gibson Road. Colourless, white and light grey clinoamphibole is abundant as coarsely bladed aggregates. Smoky quartz, light green clinopyroxene, green apatite, pyrite and white to grey and tan-coloured talc also occur in the calcite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Mica | Economic | Ore |
Jan 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - Small books of amber mica and apatite occur in coarse white calcite vein material. A. Gibson reported that books as much as 16 inches in diameter were found in the bottom of the pit and that shipments were made. Old workings for mica occur in the northwest corner of lot 16, concession X, Monmouth township, northwest of McCue Lake. The main working is a curved trench 95 feet long, 20 feet wide, and from 5 to 10 feet, deep with a pit 25 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep. Several small pits occur to the northwest. The work was carried out about 1900, and the trench and pits are now overgrown.
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
Location:
Book - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 58-59 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 58-59 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 121 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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