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Record: MDI31C09SE00081

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Plum Hollow - 1922
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-17
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 38' 48.84"    Longitude: -76° 4' 9.92"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 415197   Northing: 4944283    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Host
Sandstone 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - A number of pits were opened up, but shipping ore was not found in any appreciable tonnage.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1HematiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - Most of the hematite is ochreous but much of it was solidified to a massive state. They are mostly masses of shattered sandstone and conglomerate richly impregnated by ochreous hematite.. The ore is highly siliceous from original sand grains imprisoned with the iron oxide accumulation.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Part - Geology and minerals of the County of Leeds

Publication Number: ARV31-06 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

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:


Map - County of Leeds, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM31C Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Westport area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2723 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1984

Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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