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| Record Name(s) | Union Creek - 1982, Union Creek Lead Mine - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Galway
Latitude: 44° 42' 9.22" Longitude: -78° 36' 42.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 689199.562 Northing: 4952683.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D10NE
Point Location Description: Property dot symbol in lot 20, con A on the W boundary of the township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Circa 1894 : 2 shafts and an adit, the main shaft said to be about 100 ft deep with drifts 70 ft to the S and 80 ft to the N. 30 kegs of galena were shipped. 1911 : the deposit was worked again, some ore concentrated in the mill and 26 tons shipped (1916).
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A galena-barite-calcite vein, about 2 ft wide, in biotite paragneiss. The vein was brecciated and carried little galena, though barrel size masses of it did occur. Along with pink and cream barite and pink calcite, sphalerite is also noted.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Preliminary report on the geology of a portion of central Ontario situated in the counties of Victoria, Peterborough and Hastings; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 6, (1892-1893), pt. J
Publication Number: GSC AR 6J Page: 14-15 Date: 1894
Author: Adams, F D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297128
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 39, 101 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 163-164 Date: 1962
Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Part - Lead and zinc deposits in Ontario and in eastern Canada
Publication Number: ARV25-02 Page: 26 Date: 1998
Author: Uglow W.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 50 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 158 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 23 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 163 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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