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| Record Name(s) | Madoc Quarry - 1992, Bankers Lake - 1981, Dominion Mine - 1886 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jul-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Trap Rock
Secondary Commodities: Iron, Cobalt
Township or Area: Madoc, Madoc, Madoc, Madoc
Latitude: 44° 29' 32.76" Longitude: -77° 32' 30.96"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 297894.74 Northing: 4929711.758 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C05NE
Point Location Description: Precise, adit Fe, just N of property symbol 51 SW of Banker Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive 5.3 km west of Hwy 62 on Hwy 7. Turn left (at Jarvis Road turnoff) and drive 0.6 km. Park at clearing. Walk along road between fences for 200 m. East of fence about 18 m is a small pit.
Pre 1900: Mining from open cut. 1953: Anthony Owen, - one hole (38 m). 1970: Marmoraton Mining Co.- ground geophysics (MAG). 1971: R M Kirkwood - sampling, assaying and analysis. 1971: Bethlehem Chile Iron Mines Ltd.- drilling (6 DDH, 509 m). 1987: G Guillet - one hole (49 m). 1988 -2007: Iko Industries Ltd. - drilling (15 DDH, 309.63 m), industrial mineral testing and marketing, sampling, assaying, analysis, environmental studies, geological mapping. Since 1991, I.K.O. Industries Ltd. has been operating a trap rock quarry under the name of Madoc Quarry in Lots 2, 3 concessions 1 and 2. An on-site mill and colouring plant produce roofing granules, which are trucked to the company’s asphalt shingle manufacturing plant in Brampton. In addition to roofing granules, stone from the quarry is crushed to produce HL-1 aggregate (asphalt road surfacing mix). The quarry is licenced under the Aggregate Resources Act with a maximum tonnage of 2000000 tonnes per year.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Grimsthorpe
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Epidote | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Erythrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Martite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 35 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 40 | Smaltite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 201, 345, 508 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 1 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 31 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 159 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 207 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Part - The pre-Cambrian geology of southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV22-02 Page: 108 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G., Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 132 Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
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
Mono - Preliminary report on ground investigation of aeromagnetic anomalies on the Campbellford and Bannockburn sheets
Publication Number: PR1951-06 Page: #8 Date: 1998
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 17-18 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
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