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MDI31B12SE00013
| Record Name(s) | Sloan - 1990, Sloan 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° 35' 34.26" Longitude: -75° 43' 26.95"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 442522.813 Northing: 4937977.768 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B12SE
Point Location Description: Point 3.75 km SE of Tincap.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: About 1,000 ft E of the Billings Mine.
1902 : Mr. Sloan opened a pit and sunk a shaft (10 x 10 ft) about 20 ft. pre-1907 : he shipped about 80 tons of pyrite, averaging about 40 % S, to acid works in the U.S. He then sold the property to a Buffalo company who opened another pit to the E in a swamp - they found little ore. 1911-12 : the Buffalo-Brockville Mining Co shipped a small tonnage.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - This property is along strike from the Billings Mine. A cap of gossan, 8-10 ft thick, lies above a zone made up of 3 ft of solid py and about 7 ft of alternating bands of marble and pyrite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Sulphur and pyrites in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Mem 118 Page: 35-36 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
Location:
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