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Record: MDI31C02NE00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kingston Iron - 1949
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 13' 7.29"    Longitude: -76° 30' 23.69"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 379655.474   Northing: 4897266.467    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C02NE

Point Location Description: General, point at water filtration plant.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Sept. 1949: Magnetic map by Mackenzie Keith (Queen's University) of Kingston harbour. 1961: Geophysical report by J.E. Hawley and M.M. Fitzpatrick. 1969: Five vertical holes near the center of the anomaly was drilled in Kingston Harbour by Kingston Mineral Developments Limited, a company formed jointly by the city of Kingston and Queen's University.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Magnetite-Ilmenite Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5BiotiteEconomicOre
10ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
15HematiteEconomicOre
20IlmeniteEconomicOre
25MagnetiteEconomicOre
30PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 31, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Weighted average content from drill holes of total iron is 18.66%, titanium 3.4%; iron present in the form of magnetite is about 11% (Kingston Tp. assessment file no. 1&2).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1968, #1

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1969, #2

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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