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| Record Name(s) | Fournier Mine - 1873 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Magnetite
Township or Area: South Sherbrooke
Latitude: 44° 46' 5.44" Longitude: -76° 27' 35.47"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 384478 Northing: 4958235 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: series of pits along ridge behind the farmhouse
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, southwest on hwy 6 for 23.49km turning right into big white farmhouse. Sites are located along the ridge in the pasture behind the house.
Circa-1873: shaft completed to 110 ft. Five pits also completed along the ridge.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mode of occurrence is in irregular ribs, veins and pockets. Apparently the proportion of ore recoverable from the tonnage of material extracted was too small for economic operations.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyroxene | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Feldspar | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - Two samples assayed 59.59% Fe and 60.89% Fe.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | 544 | 1873: 600 tons mined from the shaft |
Book - Iron, p. 139-140
Publication Number: No. 217 Date: 1917
Author:
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location:
Publication - Chemical analyses of Canadian rocks, minerals, and ores; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 115
Publication Number: GSC Bull 115 Page: 378 Date: 1965
Author: Maxwell, J A; Dawson, K R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100631
Publication - Annotated list of the minerals occurring in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 4, (1888-1889), Report T
Publication Number: GSC AR 4T Page: 50 Date: 1890
Author: Hoffmann, G C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296457
Publication - Report on the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 8, (1895), pt. R
Publication Number: GSC AR 8R Page: 20 Date: 1897
Author: Hoffmann, G C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/293889
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: 85, 34-35, 341-361 Date: 1901
Author: Ingall, E D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/287887
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 149, 169 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Publication - Perth map-area Lanark and Leeds Counties Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 50-29
Publication Number: Paper 50-29 Page: 17 Date: 1950
Author: Dugas, J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101399
Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 38 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 397 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 231 Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 25 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 253 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 94 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1961
Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951
Map - Gananoque area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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