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Phlogopite from
Lacey Mine (Smith and Lacey Mine; G.E. Mine), Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Canada's largest single recorded crystal, measuring over 4 meters in diameter and 10 meters in length (Grice, 1989).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lacey Mine (Smith and Lacey Mine; G.E. Mine), Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:809559
Long-form Identifier:1:3:809559:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘGlendower Iron Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘBonaventure Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘStoness Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘDog Lake occurrence (Cranberry Lake occurrence; Fiddlers Elbow occurrence), Storrington Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘSmythe Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
22.8km (14.2 miles) ⓘSt. Lawrence Wollastonite Deposit, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘSt. Lawrence deposit, Leeds Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘBob's Lake Mica Mine, Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘSand Lake Mine (Hardy Mine; McLaren and Fulford Mine), South Crosby Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘSlave Lake deposit, Sheffield Township, Stone Mills Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
References
Grice, Joel D. (1989) Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences. 190 pp.pp.92-99
uwaterloo.ca (2013) https://uwaterloo.ca/wat-on-earth/news/southern-ontario-mining-history
 
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