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Record: MDI31C11SW00091

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Madoc Mining - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 35' 32.32"    Longitude: -77° 29' 40.26"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 302003.713   Northing: 4940689.927    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Point 3.7 km NW of Hazzards Corners.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Grimsthorpe

Supergroup: Grenville Supergroup

Geological Age: Proterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Fine-grained, bluish Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5DolomiteEconomicOre
10GoldEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 06, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - "...a fine-grained, bluish dolomite, said to have yielded 13 oz. 10 dwt. of gold per ton. It gave, on assay, only a trace of gold." as reported in 1870 by Selwyn A.R.C., the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. (Rep. of Prog 1866-1869, p. 170).



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869

Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 170  Date: 1870

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/222878


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