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| Record Name(s) | Don Palmateer - 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-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Fluorite
Secondary Commodities: Barite, Calcite
Township or Area: Huntingdon
Latitude: 44° 26' 23.03" Longitude: -77° 23' 34.8"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 309564.94 Northing: 4923499.79 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C06NW
Point Location Description: Precise, Shaft Fl, just W of property symbol 37 and S of Drag Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive 8.72 km south from main intersection in Madoc along Hwy 62. Turn left (east) and drive 9.36 km on road to Crookston & Tweed. Turn right and drive 1.36 km. Turn right and drive 2.72 km to end of road. Walk SW through fields.
1929: Trenching by Wilson (1929, p48). 1942: R.T. Gilman sank shaft 30 ft. deep, west end of low knoll of Black River limestone. 6 shallow trenches (15ft. Long) along vein or parallel fractures 25ft south. Largest trench 50' long, 6' wide and 5' deep. 44 tons of fluorspar shipped. 1957: Hubert Herrington sank shallow shaft in calcite vein -se corner lot.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Jul 28, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - Veins trend in a northwesterly direction and lie directly on continuation of Noyes-Perry vein, indicating Moira Lake fracture system continues south (GSC Summary Report, 1920).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Jul 28, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - Jointing in Black River limestone is at 2- to 4-foot intervals along directions of N.15 deg. W & N.65 deg. E.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 28, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - Well banded vein material, consisting of fluorite, calcite and barite (IMR 12, 1964, p.43). Fluorspar - colourless, massive, white or green. On No. 2 pit ore pile som crystallized red-looking fluorspar (colourless fluorspar in which red particles (hem.?) distributed in zones parallel to crystal faces (GSC Summ. Rpt. 1920, p.53D).
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown | 14.2 | % | BaSO4 | ||
| Fluorite | Unknown | 61.9 | % | CaF2 |
Publication - Fluorspar deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 6
Publication Number: Econ Geol 6 Page: 48 Date: 1929
Author: Wilson, M E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102441
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 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Fluorspar in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR012 Page: 22, 26, 43, 45 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:
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