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Record: MDI31C08NW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dog Lake - 1982, Equitable - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Aug-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Ochre, Hematite (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Pittsburgh

Latitude: 44° 26' 48.97"    Longitude: -76° 20' 23.08"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 393396.598   Northing: 4922387.74    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Lot 20, concession 10; between Dog and Crane Nest Lakes.



Exploration History

1899: Open cut 90 feet by 25 feet and 30 feet deep, a small shaft 20 feet deep, and 1 diamond drill hole for 90 feet; 600 tons shipped in 1899 (MRC 11, p144).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1HematiteEconomicOre
2MagnetiteEconomicOre
3OcherEconomicOre
4SpeculariteEconomicOre
1AwaruiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report on the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 8, (1895), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 8R Page: 25  Date: 1897

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/293889


Publication - Report on the iron ore deposits along the Kingston and Pembroke Railway in eastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 12, (1899), pt. I

Publication Number: GSC AR 12-I Page: 76-78, 93  Date: 1901

Author: Ingall, E D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/287887


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

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 149, 118  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Part - Mines of eastern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV09.004 Page: 104  Date: 1998

Author: De Kalb C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 19  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 144  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 414-7  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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