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| Record Name(s) | Madocite - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Huntingdon
Latitude: 44° 30' 4.92" Longitude: -77° 27' 41.37"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 304320.437 Northing: 4930508.062 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C06NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Field Visit
TYPE: MADOCITE, VEENITE.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boulangerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Jamesonite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 21, 2010 (D Laidlaw) - Taylor pit: this is the type location for more than half of the 17 lead sulfantimonides and sulfosalts that have been identified at the site, including madocite and veenite. Boulangerite, geocronite, guettardite, jamesonite, launayite, playfairite, robinsonite, semseyite sorbyite, sterryite, twinnite, zinckenite are also present. Mineralization is in marble as stringers and disseminated grains in an area about 8.5m long an 1.5m wide. Sphalerite, pyrite and arsenopyrite are also present. The occurrence ia adjacent to a small mass of albite granite, possibly related to the Moira Lake Granite (Jambor 1967).
Journal - New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario, Part I; The Canadian Mineralogist (1967) vol. 9 no. 1
Publication Number: CanMin v9 Page: 7-24 Date: 1967
Author: Jambor, J.L.
Publisher Name: The Canadian Mineralogist
Location: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/canmin/article-abstract/9/1/7/13987/New-lead-sulfantimonides-from-Madoc-Ontario-Part-I?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Book - New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario; Part 2, Mineral descriptions; Canadian Mineralogist 1967, Vol 9, issue 2
Publication Number: Page: 191-213 Date: 1967
Author: Jambor, J.L.
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Publication - Abstracts of publications in Scientific Journals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 68-4
Publication Number: GSC Paper 68-4 Page: 32-33 Date: 1968
Author: Snowden, D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103002
Publication - A catalogue of Canadian minerals - supplement 1; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-22
Publication Number: Paper 73-22 Page: 41, 100, 111 Date: 1941
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102532
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 422 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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