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| Record Name(s) | Hungerford - 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-Dec-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hungerford
Latitude: 44° 31' 18.97" Longitude: -77° 14' 5.25"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 322404.901 Northing: 4932274.874 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SE
Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Py just W of Sulphide Community.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: It is accessible from Hwy 37 at Tweed by a paved country road leading to Sulphide.
1877: The American Madoc Mining Company opened the Hungerford Mine and erected a smelter to extract gold from pyrite. 1903: The Nicholas Chemical Company re-opened the mine. 1905-1916?: The Nicholas Chemical Company mined the deposit until at least 1916.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Qtz-Feld-Musc | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Jarosite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Pyrites in Canada its occurrence, exploitation, dressing, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 167
Publication Number: CMB Pub 167 Page: 63-67 Date: 1912
Author: Wilson, A W G
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307454
Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869
Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 169 Date: 1870
Author:
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/222878
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 97-98 Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
Part - Iron pyrites deposits in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV25-01.005 Page: 193, 196 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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 - Pyrite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 8-9 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 30 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 56-8 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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