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Record: MDI31D15SE00090

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Paxton - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Jan-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnetite



Location

Township or Area: Lutterworth

Latitude: 44° 49' 37.48"    Longitude: -78° 42' 29.72"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 681167.34   Northing: 4966296.153    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The Paxton deposit is located about 500 m north of a rough road between Kinmount and Miners Bay. A trail leads north to the mine from a sharp south-westerly bend in the road at the foot of a steep rocky ridge.



Exploration History

Pre-1919: Approximately 1,000 tons shipped from 2 pits, measuring 50 by 75 feet and 50 by 60 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5AndraditeEconomicOre
10AllaniteEconomicOre
15CalciteEconomicOre
20DiopsideEconomicOre
25HornblendeEconomicOre
30MagnetiteEconomicOre
35ScapoliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 9, 17, 149  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 45  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 147  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 254  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 96  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Digby-Lutterworth area, Haliburton and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5601 Page: 91-2, 120  Date: 1986

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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