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| Record Name(s) | J.E. Wilder Property - 1918, Dempsey's Lake - 1981, Virgin Lake - 1888 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1988-Feb-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Strontium, Barite
Township or Area: Bagot
Latitude: 45° 15' 47.31" Longitude: -76° 39' 46.88"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 369530.002 Northing: 5013527.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07SE
Point Location Description: open cut
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Souteast from Calabogie on highway 511, approximately 5kms, right on Frost Lane, 0.3km to gate then 1.5km approx to locked gate immediately short of site area.
1918-21: J.E. Wilder - property purchased; grinding plant built west of Virgin Lake, pitting, trenching. 1941: A.E. Fletcher: property leased, pit dewatered, shipping of ore; diamond drilling
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Gneissic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Dolomitic | Host |
Aug 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The celestite is hosted within a white to pink crystalline marble. The marble contained brecciated zones that are cemented with radiating crystals of white celestite. The brecciated zone reportedly had an exposed length of 60 feet and a possible width of 10 feet. The celestite zones reported strike from north 10 to 50°E and dip to the SE from 40-60 degrees.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celestite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The celestite occurs mainly as white, opaque, radiating masses and as radiating clusters of euhedral crystals. Masses of pure celestite up to 1 foot in diameter were observed at the property in 1944. Most of the celestite occurs as a cement to the marble. A diamond drill hole (60 feet) reportedly cut 14 feet of mixed celestite and dolomite with bands of celestite ranging from 2 to 3 feet in thickness. Satterly reported several geochemical assessments of the celestite. A sample collected by E.A. Thompson (ODM) returned 78.5% SrSO4, 18.61% BaS O4, and 0.73% CaS O4. An earlier geochemical assessment (circa 1918) of the celestite returned 82.05% SrSO4, 10.87% BaSO4, and 2.72% CaS O4, 1.54% SrCO3 and 0.23% Al2O3 + Fe2O3. Testing of the celestite by the OGS in 1979 returned a brightness of 81.3 % reflectance.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1919 | 24 | AR 53 pt 3 p 111 | 27 tons sold to Pulverized Products and St. lawrence Chemical Company Limited; some material scaled from pit walls and some taken from stockpile; material used in paint manufacture as substitute for Ba | |
| 1918 | 181 | AR 53 pt 3 p 111 | 200 tons mined in 1918; material stockpiled; trial shipment of 23 tons of ground celestite to Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Co. Ltd. product was too coarse. |
Book - Barium and strontium in Canada, p. 77
Publication Number: 570 Date: 1922
Author: H.S. Spence
Publisher Name: DEMR
Location:
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 69-49 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 111-113 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 37 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Summary Report No. 2 - Celestite
Publication Number: 88-3E Date: 1918
Author: R.K. Collings and P.R.A. Andrews
Publisher Name: CANMET
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 21-24 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 22 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 11 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1918
Publication Number: ARV28-01.001 Page: 79 Date: 1998
Author: Gibson T.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of Ontario's mineral industry in 1920
Publication Number: ARV30-01.001 Page: 23, 125-126 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1940
Publication Number: ARV50-01A Page: 125-126 Date: 1997
Author: Tremblay M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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