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Record Name(s) | Wallbridge - 1880, Coe-Mitchell - 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-Sep-14 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Hematite (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 33' 51.09" Longitude: -77° 30' 35.82"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 300682.674 Northing: 4937603.892 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12SE
Point Location Description: Property symbol 53 near west side of Hwy 62 and SSE of Eldorado.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive 6.2 km north of the junction of Hwy 62 & 7 near Madoc. Turn west onto the Hemitite Road. The pit is located approximately 151 m west and south from the intersection.
LOCATION: UTM IS FOR CON 5 LOT 13---MINE IS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROAD TO SYMBOL 53. Most mining before 1900 from an open pit about 150 feet in diameter, 60 feet deep, and a 35 foot shaft. 1880: It was reported that upwards of 15,000 tons were mined and exported by Messrs, Coe, Mitchell and Company and daily production was 150 tons. Around this time, Bethlehem Iron Company, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania purchased this property. 1882: Bethlehem Iron Company mined about 30,000 tons. From 1880 to 1900, 40,000 tons are known to have been extracted. 1906: the mine was still in operation and supplied flux to the Stanley Smelting Works at Bannockburn. 1952: The property was drill by Trent River Iron Limited.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Goethite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
30 | Stilpnomelane | Economic | Ore | ||||
35 | Specularite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada, and notes on a stratigraphical collection of rocks [Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876]; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 405
Publication Number: GSC SR 405 Page: 13 Date: 1876
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Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216063
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 118, 217 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 281, 536 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV10.005 Page: 129 Date: 1998
Author: De Kalb C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 22-23 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: 164 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 166 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - REPORT COMM CROWN LANDS 1880, P48, 51,52
Publication Number: N/A Date: 2004
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Publication - Reports and maps of investigations and surveys 1882-83-84
Publication Number: Rep Prog 1882-4 Page: 11, 23 Date: 1885
Author: Selwyn, A R C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/224678
Publication - Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886: Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 409
Publication Number: GSC SR 409 Page: 27 Date: 1886
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Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216067
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Page: 127, 133 Date: 1998
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Publication - The mineral pigments of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report 913
Publication Number: GSC SR 913 Page: 21 Date: 1906
Author: Willimott, C W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297614
Publication - GSC 1896, Summary Report, p117
Publication Number: Page: 117 Date:
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Publisher Name: GSC
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Publication - Iron ore occurrences in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 217
Publication Number: CMB Pub 217 Page: 123 Date: 1917
Author: Lindeman, M E; Bolton, L L; Robinson, A H A
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/305364
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 187 Date: 1980
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 65-66 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
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