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Record: MDI31F13SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frank Foy - 1985, Foy Mine - 2000, Foy Mica Deposit - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Nov-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Clancy

Latitude: 45° 46' 16.22"    Longitude: -77° 58' 53.14"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 268194.066   Northing: 5072947.212    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F13SW

Point Location Description: Deposit symbol ' P2 ', W of McGuire Creek, NE part of Clancy Township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: About 1/2 ml W of the Bonnechere River, on the brow of a hill rising about 150 ft above the river. This hill can be seen from Bonnechere Crossing and lies about 1 ml S60W from it.



Exploration History

Pre 1911 ( restaked in 1912 ). 1 pit - 2 ft deep.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Muscovite, variety ruby mica, in pegmatite. The main showing is on the brow of the hill, facing E.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: OFR5296 Scale:     Date: 1980

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1980

Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Scale:     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 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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