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Record: MDI31E01SE00090

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Best-Membry - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Oct-25
Date Last Modified 2024-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 3' 55.22"    Longitude: -78° 11' .15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 721740.573   Northing: 4994068.665    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' EE ', 0.5 Km SW of Cardiff Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the S side of the CNR track.



Exploration History

Pit 20 ft x 18 ft deep.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15PhlogopiteEconomicOre
20ScapoliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6

Publication Number: GSC Mem 6 Page: 367  Date: 1910

Author: Adams, F D; Barlow, A E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481


Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 35-36  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 48  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 56-57  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 13, 211  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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