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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C12SE00058

Record: MDI31C12SE00058

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Field Pit - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-28
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 34' 16.2"    Longitude: -77° 32' 19.95"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 298409.687   Northing: 4938449.903    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Point 2.4 km SW of Eldorado.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Unknown. In 1867 Geological Survey of Canada staff reported the presence of gold in lot 15, concession 4 in Madoc Township. 1988: Faith Mines Ltd., conducted an electromagnetic survey. 1992: R J Ross completed data compilation, prospecting sampling and assaying.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
31C12SE0003 31C12SE0003
31C12SE0008 31C12SE0008

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Belmont



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-tourmaline Host
Granite 2 Deloro Granite Adjacent
Limestone 3 Paleozoic Limestone Adjacent
Marble 4 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GoldEconomicOre
10QuartzEconomicOre
15TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Reports of Dr. T. Sterry Hunt and Mr. A. Michel on the gold region of the County of Hastings; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 403

Publication Number: GSC SR 403 Page: 10  Date: 1867

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216061


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