Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Shipman - 1990, Shipman Prospect - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Elizabethtown
Latitude: 44° 32' 24.59" Longitude: -75° 47' 41.44"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 436854.944 Northing: 4932177.668 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B12SW
Point Location Description: ' py ' symbol 1.6 km N of Sherwood Springs.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 6 miles W of the Sloan prospect. Workings on the N slope of a ridge about 60 ft high.
Circa 1870 : pyrite was mined from an irregular pit 40 x 30 ft. A tunnel, started near the foot of the hill, was run S about 10 ft where a raise was cut to meet the bottom of the open pit, near the top of the hill. It is claimed that the reason for closing the mine was the high % of pyrrhotite mixed with the ore.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A possible fracture zone, about 1.5 ml long (see GSC map 7-1963), is mineralized with pyrite and pyrrhotite. Apparently, the mineralization occurs as a number of lenses along this zone, in quartzose gneiss and interbanded marble.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Titanite | Economic | Ore |
Date: Jan 24, 2005
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: This property was visited on October 1, 2004. The main opening measures 30 feet by 30 feet. A secondary opening of 4 feet by 4 feet was noted at the other side of the main opening. Water filled the bottom of the opening to a depth of 2 feet. Some large crystals of pyrite could be seen in the back and sides of the main opening.
Publication - Sulphur and pyrites in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Mem 118 Page: 36 Date: 1952
Author: Janes, T H
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296357
Publication - Brockville-mallorytown map area, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC Mem 134 Page: 52 Date: 1923
Author: Wright, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100859
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 30 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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