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Record: MDI31C11SW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sexsmith - 1981, Cleveland-Brown - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnetite



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 32' 27.1"    Longitude: -77° 28' 51.24"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 302910.698   Northing: 4934941.861    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Pit Fe just south of property symbol 47 north of Madoc Village.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: North from Hwy 7 on Hwy 62 for 1.6 km. Turn right at Riggs Rd. and drive 1.3 km to farm at end of road. Walk to west end of swamp visible to NW of farm. Follow trail 170 m north of culvert. Pit is on left hand (w) side of trail in thicket.



Exploration History

1879-1880: 3,000 tons of ore were shipped by Cleveland and Brown, of Cleveland, Ohio.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicOre
5QuartzEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - TYPE: GREEN QUARTZ.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the year 1880; Province of Ontario Sessional Papers Vol. 13 Part 2, No. 4

Publication Number: 1880 Comm Crown Page: 48  Date: 1881

Author:

Publisher Name: Ontario Legislative Assembly

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Book - NMI 31C11 FE 4

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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

Publication Number: R073 Page: 1, 24  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 163  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

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: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - The pre-Cambrian geology of southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV22-02 Page: 108  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G., Knight C.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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