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MDI31C02NE00053
Record Name(s) | Kingston Iron - 1949 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Feb-11 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 13' 7.29" Longitude: -76° 30' 23.69"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 379655.474 Northing: 4897266.467 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C02NE
Point Location Description: General, point at water filtration plant.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Sept. 1949: Magnetic map by Mackenzie Keith (Queen's University) of Kingston harbour. 1961: Geophysical report by J.E. Hawley and M.M. Fitzpatrick. 1969: Five vertical holes near the center of the anomaly was drilled in Kingston Harbour by Kingston Mineral Developments Limited, a company formed jointly by the city of Kingston and Queen's University.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Magnetite-Ilmenite | Host |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
30 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
May 31, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Weighted average content from drill holes of total iron is 18.66%, titanium 3.4%; iron present in the form of magnetite is about 11% (Kingston Tp. assessment file no. 1&2).
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1968, #1
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Tweed RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1969, #2
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Tweed RGP
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