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| Record Name(s) | Calabogie Deposit - 1951, Campbell-Caldwell Ore Zone - 1951, Coe Mine - 1899 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Oct-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Vanadium
Township or Area: Bagot, Bagot
Latitude: 45° 18' 10.43" Longitude: -76° 41' 48.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 366966.999 Northing: 5017999.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07SE
Point Location Description: open pit
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Proceed south from Calabogie on highway 511 and 0.7km south of Bluff Point Drive, turn east on narrow track for 1.1km.
1883: Mr. Coe - Jeanette Pit opened. 1883 - 1902 : Approximately 15,000 tons of ore was shipped from numerous pits; 1911; Lindeman - geophysical survey. 1951-58: Algoma Steel Corp. - DD-69->19,000 ft, ground geophysics, engineering studies, bulk sampling, metallurgical testing
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Subparallel layers of disseminated to massive magnetite in an orebody 2,739 ft long with an average width of 145 ft and extending to a depth of at least 1,650 ft. The deposit contains 27.2 million tons of ore grading 22.28 % Fe, proven by drilling and recoverable by open pit mining. The nature of the host rocks is disputed - in metasediments or the margin of a gabbroic intrusion ?
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Hornblende | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Host | ||
| Marble | 3 | Hanging Wall | ||
| Gabbro | 4 | Meta Gabbro | Footwall |
Aug 22, 2011 (A Wilson) - The rocks enclosing and adjacent to the ore consist mainly of hornblende-bearing schists and gneisses. They include: hornblende-biotite schist, quartz-biotite-hornblende schist, hornblende-pyroxene schist, hornblende-feldspar schist, amphibolite and at least one 60-ft band of crystalline limestone containing 10-20% biotite, tremolite, pyroxene, serpentine and other silicate minerals. The hornblende-bearing rocks are generally thinly banded, fine grained and dark grey in colour. All units strike N55E and dip to the southeast at 40-45°. Lenses and bands of crystalline limestone containing tremolite and other silicate minerals occur in the hornblende-bearing schist on the hanging wall side of the ore zone. A sill of metagabbro lies on the foot wall side of the deposit. The sill is approximately 1700 feet thick, trends northeasterly and dips to the southeast.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 22, 2011 (A Wilson) - Mineralization consists of disseminated to massive magnetite contained within an orebody that is completely conformable within the host rocks. Magnetite occurs as disseminated grains, strings of closely spaced grains and veinlets less than 3 inches thick and parallel to the foliation. Some of the magnetite is nearly massive in bands up to 2 feet or more thick, but it is more commonly found in veinlets and bands and associated with chlorite. Other sulphides, pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite seldom form >1% of the ore. The sulphides occur as disseminated grains, and as bands and seams up to 3 inches in width. A few lenses and seams of hematite up to ¼ inch thick also occur. The ore typically has an average composition of 26.20% Fe (tot) and 25.40% SiO2. Samples from the TB pit returned values of 50.59% Fe (tot) and 10.26% SiO2. The Holden pit returned assays of 60.91% Fe (tot) and 4.60% SiO2. Most of the ore (10,000 tons) was derived from the Jeanette, Tommy and T.B. pits. The Calabogie Mining Company shipped approximately 5000 tons of ore from the Campbell pit prior to 1902.
Date: May 13, 2010
Geologist: D Laidlaw
Notes: May 12, 2010: Site visit, located access trails to Tommy R. pit (18T 366707 E, 5018261 N) and Holden Pits (18T 367274 E, 5017995 N). Located TB pits next to trail. One pit is west of lot line and water-filled. East of the lot line are another 2 pits, west one may be a shaft. Large piles of magnetite were dumped adjacent to east pit as documented by the Geological Survey of Canada map (1901). The TB pits are all fenced in. Coordinates for TB pits are 18T 367552 E, 5018261 N.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calabogie | 1972 | Unclassified | 24675425 | MRC 20, p67 | 27,200,000 tons grading 22.28% Fe | Iron 22.28 % |
| Calabogie | 1952 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 40815000 | OGS 1968, MRC 11, p314 | 25% to 500 feet and 28% Fe to 1000 feet. | Iron 25 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 9070 | OGS 1968, MRC 11, p314. | Production from numerous pits. |
File - Resident Geologist files Bagot Township #1, 12
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Location: Tweed RGP office
Publication - Report on the iron ore deposits along the Kingston and Pembroke Railway in eastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 12, (1899), pt. I
Publication Number: GSC AR 12 I Page: 57-58 Date: 1901
Author: Ingall, E.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/287887
Book - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 40-43 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 53-54 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 314 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 67-70 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 224-225 Date: 1998
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Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8
Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 97 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308101
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 67G Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1951
Author: Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109668
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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