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Record: MDI31C13NE00074

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hinchcliffe Lake - 1981, Jackson - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Jun-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead

Secondary Commodities: Barite, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Cashel

Latitude: 44° 53' 2.22"    Longitude: -77° 32' 59.06"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 298635.928   Northing: 4973221.812    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13NE

Point Location Description: Pit nearest W shore of Hinchcliffe Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: About 700 ft W of the SW corner of Hinchcliffe Lake.



Exploration History

2 old pits to explore late calcite fissure veins carrying sparse galena in minor barite. There is another pit about 270 ft SW of those on the calcite vein - it is in quartz. A grab sample assayed trace gold and silver.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BariteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3CalciteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre
5PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of Cashel Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R071 Page: 38, 40  Date: 1968

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 141  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 152  Date: 1985

Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 13-14, 19  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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