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Record: MDI31C05NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Miller - 1981
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Sep-04
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Fluorite

Secondary Commodities: Calcite



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 29' 49.08"    Longitude: -77° 33' 25.55"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 296704.726   Northing: 4930252.763    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05NE

Point Location Description: Precise, shaft just W of property symbol 35.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Drive 5.8 km west of Hwy 62 on Hwy 7.



Exploration History

1917: G.M. Wallbridge discovered two veins on the property and mined them by open-cut. 1918 and 1919: H.L. Osborne worked one of the veins by open-cut and underground methods. Shipments totalling 460 tons are recorded.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BerylEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3FluoriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - BERYL: MAY NOT BE SPECIFICALLY AT MILLER SITE.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 40  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - Fluorspar deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 6

Publication Number: Econ Geol 6 Page: 75  Date: 1929

Author: Wilson, M E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102441


Mono - Fluorspar in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR012 Page: 22, 26, 41  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

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: 19-20  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: 158  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Summary report, 1920, part D; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1920, pt. D

Publication Number: SumRep 1920 PtD Page: 76D, 77D  Date: 1921

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297670


Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County

Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 33  Date: 1998

Author: Osborne F.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: 103  Date: 1987

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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