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Record: MDI31C11SW00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Farrell - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Sep-11
Date Last Modified 2024-Jul-30
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 32' 54.57"    Longitude: -77° 28' 38.41"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 303219.707   Northing: 4935780.874    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Bedrock outcrop 4 about 400 m NE of Cameron Mine symbol 7.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

A number of test pits have been put down in crystalline limestone in lot 9, concession VII, Madoc township. The marble band strikes northwest and is flanked on the northeast by pink granite. The property has been known as the Farrell mine (not shown on Map 2154). Gossan and pyrite were encountered in the pits. A small dump beside a 25-foot shaft. The pyrite deposit is approximately 5 feet wide.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
31C11SW0030 31C11SW0030

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Grimsthorpe

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Adjacent
Marble 2 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CalciteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Pyrite mineralization analysed 40.65 percent sulphur.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Pyrites in Canada its occurrence, exploitation, dressing, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 167

Publication Number: CMB Pub 167 Page: 69  Date: 1912

Author: Wilson, A W G

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307454


Publication - Sulphur and pyrites in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 118

Publication Number: CMB Mem 118 Page: 39  Date: 1952

Author: Janes, T H

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296357


Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 10  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R073 Page: 26  Date: 1968

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: 152G  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Minerals of Ontario, with notes

Publication Number: ARV09.009 Page: 202  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County

Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 37  Date: 1998

Author: Osborne F.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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