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Record: MDI31C12SE00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hobson - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Sep-21
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 34' 45.66"    Longitude: -77° 34' 22.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 295725.692   Northing: 4939443.884    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Precise, trench Fe, just S of CNR line and 1.8 km SW of Empey Hamlet.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Drive 1.8 km north of Eldorado P.O. to Fox Rd. - County Road 11 intersection. Take left turn and drive 4.8 km. Turn left at sand pit and drive to end of road. Walk 212 m south of railway tracks. Enter hay field on right and go south into woods.





Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChertEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15HematiteEconomicOre
20LimoniteEconomicOre
25MagnetiteEconomicOre
30PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
35SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 111  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


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

Publication Number: R073 Page: Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 160  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 96  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Preliminary report on ground investigation of aeromagnetic anomalies on the Campbellford and Bannockburn sheets

Publication Number: PR1951-06 Page: #11  Date: 1998

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 346  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec, Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41

Publication Number: GSC MR 41 Page: 86-87  Date: 1987

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460


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: 23, 89  Date: 1886

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216067


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: 49-50  Date: 1881

Author:

Publisher Name: Ontario Legislative Assembly

Location:


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: 7-8  Date: 1876

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216063


Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 103  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45

Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 40-44  Date: 1958

Author: Rose, E.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563


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