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Record: MDI31C11SW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wellington - 1987, Canadian Sulphur Ore Company - 2004
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1987-Mar-20
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 33' 50.14"    Longitude: -77° 25' 16.89"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 307717   Northing: 4937362    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Shaft 460 feet deep just north of property symbol 10.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Drive 2.5 km west of Hwy 37 on Hwy 7 then 8.7 km north on Co. Rd. 20 from Hwy 7 to Queensborough (General Store). 1 km west of Queensborough on County Rd. 20, then 3.4 km south on side road. Stop at corner. Walk north along western edge of field. Continue north into bush for 2-3 minutes and then turn west and follow the red mud flats (unvegetated) to the west and then to the north and onto the waste piles.



Exploration History

1906: property was discovered by Mr. Stephen Wellington and several pits and trenches were opened. 1908: Shafts No. 1 and No. 2 were sunk and one carload of ore was shipped. 1909: Canadian Pyrite Syndicate purchased the property. One shaft was excavated to a depth of 50 ft with a drift at that level, the other shaft was 20 feet deep. Five hundred tons of ore was shipped. 1910: Canadian Sulphur Ore Company purchased the property. An unspecified amount of ore was shipped during the summer. 1912: Seymour Power Company supplied power to the mine. 1913: Pits Nos. 3 and 4 were excavated and the No. 3 shaft was opened to a depth of 120 feet, with levels at 50 and 120 feet. Approximately 100 feet of drifting was completed at the 120 foot level. 1919: Mine closed, No. 3 shaft was 460 feet deep and had 6 developed levels (OFR 5548, p103).


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Grimsthorpe



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Rusty schist Adjacent
Quartz Arenite 3 Quartzite Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
10ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
15GypsumEconomicOre
20JarositeEconomicOre
25PyriteEconomicOre
30PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Pyrites in Canada its occurrence, exploitation, dressing, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 167

Publication Number: CMB Pub 167 Page: 68-69  Date: 1912

Author: Wilson, A W G

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307454


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 100  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


Part - Iron pyrites deposits in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV25-01.005 Page: 197-198  Date: 1998

Author: Hopkins P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 11  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

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: 26  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: 30, 216-235  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 102-4  Date: 1985

Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1911; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 201

Publication Number: CMB Pub 201 Page: 247-249  Date: 1911

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307490


Part - The pre-Cambrian geology of southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV22-02 Page: 97-100  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G., Knight C.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Book - Geology and Minerals of Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 380-381  Date: 1929

Author:

Publisher Name: Garden City Press

Location: Tweed RGP


Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County

Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 37  Date: 1998

Author: Osborne F.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Sulphur and pyrites in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 118

Publication Number: CMB Mem 118 Page: 38  Date: 1952

Author: Janes, T H

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296357


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec, Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41

Publication Number: GSC MR 41 Page: 78  Date: 1987

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460


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