Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Orton - 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-Aug-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Titanium, Vanadium
Township or Area: Tudor
Latitude: 44° 44' .38" Longitude: -77° 40' 17.72"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 288463 Northing: 4956812 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12NE
Point Location Description: Precise Open cuts 'Fe,Ti' near property symbol 23, SSE of Mann Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive north from Bannockburn on Hwy 62, 6.9 km to Glanmire Lake Road. Turn left (west) and drive 1.1km to the intersection of Hastings and Glanmire Lake Roads. Turn right (north) onto Hastings Road and drive 7.4km to the power line right-of-way. Continue on Hastings Road for 50m to a trail that is gated on the left. Walk 500m along the trail to an open cut.
1885: One diamond drill hole was said to have ended in ore at a depth of 70ft. 1912: Work begun with stripping, trenching and test pitting. 1912-1913: A few tons were mined from three open cuts and 1 32ft shaft by Tivani Steel Co. 1914: Some ore shipped from stock produced in 1912. 1915: Magnetometric survey conducted by Robinson. (Res. Geol. 1986, Field Report).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
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Feb 27, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - Locally, the gabbro is compositionally layered due to variations in the abundance of plagioclase, and the ilmenite and ilmenomagnetite concentrations generally parallel the layering. Less than 2% pyrite is commonly disseminated in the ilmenite and ilmenomagnetite concentrations, and, locally, shear zones are present in which quartz-tourmaline veins containing minor pyrite are concentrated. Gabbro outcrops in the vicinity of the workings contain abundant accessory ilmenomagnetite and ilmenite, and minor accessory pyrite. A small exposure of calc-silicate gneiss is present near the dump on the north side of the power line right of way.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 27, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - At the three open-cuts, ilmenite and ilmenomagnetite consisting of exsolved ilmenite lamellae in a magnetite host, form lens-like bodies and discontinuous layers which range in width from l inch to 18 feet and which have gradational contacts with massive uralitized gabbro and metapyroxenite host rocks
Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1913; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 320
Publication Number: CMB Pub 320 Page: 93 Date: 1914
Author: McLeish, J
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307586
Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31, 1919; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 542
Publication Number: CMB Pub 542 Date: 1920
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307744
Book - Titanium; Canada Department of Mines, Mines Branch Report No. 579
Publication Number: Report 579 Page: 76-77 Date: 1922
Author: Robinson, A.H.A.
Publisher Name: Canadian Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307776
Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6
Publication Number: GSC Mem 6 Page: 363 Date: 1910
Author: Adams, F D; Barlow, A E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481
Book - Geology of titanium and titaniferous deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 25
Publication Number: Econ Geol 25 Page: 126 Date: 1996
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102459
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 220 Date: 1998
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Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area
Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 50-51 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 175 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of Limerick and Tudor townships, Hastings County
Publication Number: R067 Page: 84-85, 86 Date: 1969
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 88 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Resident Geologist files 1986, field report
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 14-15 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
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