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Record: MDI31C12SE00060

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Houston - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-28
Date Last Modified 2022-May-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 35' .19"    Longitude: -77° 32' 40.05"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 298008.693   Northing: 4939820.929    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Point 2.0 km WSW of Eldorado.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Drive south from Eldorado P.O. for 0.48 km (90 m past cheese factory). Drive west for 1.5 km to T intersection. Drive north for 0.6 km and stop at hill crest. Walk 242 m along the ridge top from the Quinte - Hastings Recreational Trail stile on the east side of the road. The last 121 m is in a grassy opening. Diggings are on the west end of the ridge top.



Exploration History

1987: D. Houston performed some stripping. No results were submitted. (Res. Geol. Assess. Files 85, 86).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChloriteEconomicOre
10DolomiteEconomicOre
15EpidoteEconomicOre
20GoldEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869

Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 168  Date: 1870

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/222878


File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1987, #85, 86

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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