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Record: MDI31C10NE00115

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Robinson - 1982, Megaton - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Jan-21
Date Last Modified 2024-Oct-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead

Secondary Commodities: Barite, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Bedford

Latitude: 44° 38' 32.69"    Longitude: -76° 33' 12.09"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 376812.239   Northing: 4944401.929    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: E- most of 2 dot symbols with shaft , ' Galena ', just E of Doran Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: About 300 m N of a paved road passing through the township at a point 3.5 Km W of Fermoy. A gravel road running N of the access road passes to the W of the showings.





Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (Sheree Hinz) - The claim group is underlain by coarse-grained, white crystalline limestone of the Grenville Group. This rock includes lenses of lime silicates, layers and fragments of rusty, pyritic and graphitic gneisses, and small masses of white pegmatite and white granite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BariteEconomicOre
2GalenaEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
5TitaniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 21, 2024 (Sheree Hinz) - Minerals in the veins on the property include coarse white barite, galena in crystals up to one inch in diameter, and pale honey-brown sphalerite in grains 0.25-0.5 inches in diameter. Pyrite is present in surface exposures. A 100 lb sample taken by Dominion Mining and Smelting Company returned 0.16 oz/ton Ag, 0.04 % Cu, 0.60 % Zn, and 12.64 % Pb.



Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Robinson 1935 Unclassified 13607 OFR5548, p.35 Lead 20 %

References

Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: part 6, p. 68, 70-71  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 11  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 135  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 158  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 35-37  Date: 1985

Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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