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MDI31C06NW00014
| Record Name(s) | Howard - 1981, Fred Hill - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Oct-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Fluorite
Secondary Commodities: Barite, Calcite
Township or Area: Huntingdon
Latitude: 44° 27' 59.34" Longitude: -77° 26' 9.81"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 306226.818 Northing: 4926572.747 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C06NW
Point Location Description: Precise, Shaft Fl, Ba just west of property symbol 21 south of Moira Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive 5.6 km south from 4 corners intersection in Madoc. Turn left and drive 2.25 km. Follow track on right for 400m. Turn to left and follow edge of swamp for 70m.
1917: Fluorspar discovered by Stephen Wellington on the Howard farm. 1918: Wellington and Munro opened the deposit and continued operations in 1920 after an option to Canadian Industrial Minerals Limited was not exercised. The vein was mined by open-cuts and 2 25-foot shafts were sunk. 1929: W.H. Johnston deepened the shafts. 1940: Reliance Fluorspar Mining Syndicate optioned the property from Fred Hill. 1940, 1941: Considerable drifting and stoping. 1942: Wood Land Mineral Company operated the mine. 1944: Fluoroc Mines Limited deepened the shaft and did drifting. Total production of about 2,500 tons of ore has been recorded.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Fluo-Bar-Calc | Host |
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| Limestone | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Madoc area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Fluorspar in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR012 Scale: 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 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale: Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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