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Record Name(s) | Ponton - 1981 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Prospect |
Date Created | 1981-Sep-04 |
Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Fluorite
Secondary Commodities: Calcite
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 29' 45.73" Longitude: -77° 33' 32.27"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 296553 Northing: 4930154 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C05NE
Point Location Description: Precise, pit just N of property symbol 39.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive 6.25 km west of Hwy 62 on Hwy 7. Stop 0.5 km before the first granite outcrop to the west.
1917: A vein of fluorite was discovered and worked by G.M. Ponton. Intermittent activity is recorded up to 1925. 1929-1942: C.A. Stoklosar worked the deposit under lease from W.N. Ponton, shipping 1,200 tons of fluorspar. Total production from the site was about 1,500 tons.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Grimsthorpe
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Fluorite-calcite | Is |
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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 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Fluorspar deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 6
Publication Number: Econ Geol 6 Page: 75 Date: 1929
Author: Wilson, M E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102441
Mono - Fluorspar in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR012 Page: 22, 26,47 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 19-20 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 158 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Summary report, 1920, part D; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1920, pt. D
Publication Number: SumRep 1920 PtD Page: 76D Date: 1921
Author:
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297670
Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 33 Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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