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Record: MDI31C15NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Robertsville - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Jul-07
Date Last Modified 2022-May-13
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnetite



Location

Township or Area: Palmerston

Latitude: 44° 54' 13.49"    Longitude: -76° 41' 3.2"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 367035.274   Northing: 4973637.909    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15NE

Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Fe just NE of Robertsville.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.6 km NE of Robertsville. Access is gained by a gravel road extending east from Robertsville to the village of Elphin.



Exploration History

1880s: owned and operated by the Mississippi Mining Company Limited. Late 1880s: some work was performed by Kingston and Pembroke Mining Company. 1899: mine was operated on lease from H.A. Ferguson of Kingston to F.W. Schwendiman and Thomas Barnes. Some diamond drilling, widening, deepening and dewatering of the pit were performed and the ore production was resumed. 1918 and 1919 property briefly worked by the Poe Mining Company. Mid-1920s: 5 ton sample of crude ore from the Robertsville (Mississippi) Mine waste dump tested by the Mines Branch, Department of Mines,Ottawa. 1951: dip needle survey was conducted by Minnesota-Huron Mining Company and 2 diamond-drill holes were drilled by Trent River Iron Limited. (GR 245, p42-44).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
15CalciteEconomicOre
20EpidoteEconomicOre
25HornblendeEconomicOre
30MagnetiteEconomicOre
35PyriteEconomicOre
40StrontianiteEconomicOre
45TitaniteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 217 Page: 132-133  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 - Report on the iron ore deposits along the Kingston and Pembroke Railway in eastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 12, (1899), pt. I

Publication Number: GSC AR 12 I Page: 29-32  Date: 1901

Author: Ingall, E D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/287887


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: 85-86  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 194  Date: 1980

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923

Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 227  Date: 1998

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Part - Geology of the Clarendon-Dalhousie area

Publication Number: ARV65-07.001 Page: 41-42  Date: 1998

Author: Smith B.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 141  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 96  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Dalhousie Lake area, Frontenac and Lanark counties

Publication Number: R245 Page: 21-4  Date: 1990

Author: Pauk L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 51-53  Date: 1958

Author: Rose, E.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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