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Record: MDI41H16NE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) General Mica Mining Company - 1920, Caribou Lake No. 1 Showing - 1960
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: McConkey

Latitude: 45° 57' 15.85"    Longitude: -80° 6' 9.12"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 569550   Northing: 5089373    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41H16NE

Point Location Description: AMIS site 06486

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Port Loring, proceed west on highway 522 for 8.1 km and turn north on 20th side road for 6 km to the west arm of Caribou Lake, by boat to the north end of Deep Bay, then walk 700m north along portage to Burnt Lake



Exploration History

4,300 LBS SHIPPED-1920.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 18, 2008 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as an outcrop 50 x 350 feet of pegmatite composed of quartz and feldspar with occasional feldspar masses as much as 1 foot in diameter.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MuscoviteEconomicOre
2BiotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 30, 35  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 59  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Mica Deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 19

Publication Number: Econ Geol 19 Page: 79-80  Date: 1960

Author: Hoadley, J W

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102453


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