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MDI31C11SW00185
| Record Name(s) | Gold Prospect - 1994 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 35' 3.26" Longitude: -77° 25' 24.02"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 307626.724 Northing: 4939622.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Map symbol star Gold 1.2 km SW of Queensborough.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
The pit was probably dug at the turn of the century.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - This pit may have been an extension of the Sophia Gold mine which is located on lot 14, concession 10. At the Sophia Gold mine a quartz vein carrying both arsenopyrite and gold was discovered in 1896. The veins occur in volcanic rocks which strike northwest and dip vertically. It has been reported that 2 veins were located on the Sophia property. One of the veins named the 'mispickel vein' had a strike of due north and south. The 'free milling vein' had a strike of northwest to southeast.
Date: Jan 27, 2005
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: This occurrence was visited on May 10, 2004. There is a very old pit that measures 10 foot square, is approximately 10 to 15 feet deep and is partially filled with water. No outcrop was present. According to Map 2154, the pit is located in an amphibolite schist. Two trenches were also seen on the property.
Map - Map of the Queensboro pyrite area, townships of Madoc and Elzevir, Hastings County, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM22E Scale: 1:9,600 Date: 1997
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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