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Record: MDI31C13SW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Coe Hill - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Jul-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Wollaston

Latitude: 44° 51' 37.73"    Longitude: -77° 50' 24.63"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 275607.55   Northing: 4971376.331    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SW

Point Location Description: Precise, open cut, east end, nearest main street of Village of Coe Hill.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Open cut, east end, nearest main street of Village of Coe Hill.



Exploration History

1884-1914: 80,000 to 100,000 tons mined from open cut and 3 shafts 95 to 130 feet deep, 54,783 tons of which was shipped. 1910: 6 d.d. holes averaging 450 feet (MRC 11, p178).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2DiopsideEconomicOre
3EpidoteEconomicOre
4GarnetEconomicOre
5GoethiteEconomicOre
6HornblendeEconomicOre
7JarositeEconomicOre
8MagnetiteEconomicOre
9PyriteEconomicOre
10ScapoliteEconomicOre
11TitaniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Also Rozenite. One main and several smaller lenses, trending N50E, of magnetite with some pyrite and pyrrhotite in a pyroxene amphibolite. Main lens 600 feet long, 30 feet wide and 360 feet deep. (MRC 11, p177).



Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Coe Hill 1914 Unclassified 544200 OGS 1968, MRC 11, p177 Reserves estimated. Iron 51.4 %
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1914 81630 Iron
OGS 1968, MRC 11, p177-178.

References

Publication - Magnetite occurrences along the Central Ontario Railway; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 184

Publication Number: CMB Pub 184 Page: 14  Date: 1913

Author: Lindeman, E

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307472


Publication - Iron ore occurrences in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 217

Publication Number: CMB Pub 217 Page: 117  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 - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6

Publication Number: GSC Mem 6 Page: 363-365  Date: 1910

Author: Adams, F D; Barlow, A E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481


Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area

Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 51-52  Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Preliminary report on the geology in the vicinity of aeromagnetic anomalies on the Bancroft and Coe Hill sheets

Publication Number: PR1951-02 Page: 15  Date: 1998

Author: Abraham E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Chandos Township, Peterborough County and Wollaston Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R011 Page: 53  Date: 1998

Author: Shaw D.M., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 177-178  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:


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

Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 33-34  Date: 1958

Author: Rose, E.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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