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| Record Name(s) | Smart's Mine - 1880 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate, Mineral Specimen
Secondary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones), Zircon (Gemstones), Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Sebastopol
Latitude: 45° 27' 29.48" Longitude: -77° 9' 38.07"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 331076.999 Northing: 5036121.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Starting at Lake Clear turn right on hwy 512 proceed east to Wittke Road, turn right for 3.9km and traverse east of road 150m and 400m.
Pre- 1880 - Thomas Smart - mined for phosphate. The Smart Mine was said to have yielded a considerable amount of phosphate.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Monzonite | 1 | Gneissic | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegmatite | 2 | Syenitic | Host |
Jun 13, 2011 (A Wilson) - The workings consist of narrow cuts within an area about 90 m long. A major pit 5 m in depth, 1 to 1.5 m wide and 30 m long was sunk in part in a pyroxene-apatite-feldspar syenite dike and in part in a thin calcite vein with euhedral brown apatite crystals.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyroxene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Mica | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Marcasite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Orthoclase | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 13, 2011 (D Laidlaw) - Microcline variety amazonite, riebeckite variety crocidolite. The zircons are a brilliant hyacinth-red colour and the titanite crystals also are brilliant. Amazonite is reported to occur on this lot.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 341-343 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8
Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 92-3 Date: 1964
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119882
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50
Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 34-36 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 17-18 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Phosphate in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 58 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 14 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County
Publication Number: R209 Page: 53-54 Date: 1981
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 11, 84 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County
Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1980
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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