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| Record Name(s) | Victoria Mine - 1882 |
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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-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Magnetite
Township or Area: Snowdon
Latitude: 44° 49' 22.1" Longitude: -78° 33' 4.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 693604 Northing: 4966184 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D15SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 12.8 km SW of Gooderham. Junction Hwy 503 and White Lake Rd; proceed onto the White Lake Rd. 1.4 km Junction: follow road on right. 2.6 km Junction single-lane mine road on left; turn left onto this road. 3.0 km Trench at sharp bend in road. Dumps are located in the wooded area on both sides of the trench. (Sabina, 1986, GSC MP39, p95).
Circa 1883 – workings consisted of a trnch 240 ft long and about 16 ft. wide. Considerable tonnage shipped by Parry and Mills.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Dioritic | Host | |
| Skarn | 3 | Host |
Jan 11, 2017 (A Wilson) - The ore body is 7 feet wide at the northern end of the trench, but at the southern end, the ore has been practically all replaced by horneblende and other ferruginous silicates.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Actinolite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Garnet | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Hornblende | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyroxene | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - A skarn assemblage of coarse magnetite, carbonates, pyroxenes, hornblende and garnet. Uraconite (sulphate of uranium) was observed in minute cavities in the magnetite (GSC 1915, Memoir 74, p230).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Skarn |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 6 Page: 359-360 Date: 1910
Author: Adams, F D, Barlow, A E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481
Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 55-56 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E. R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 55-56 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 216 Date: 1998
Author:
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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 45-46 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 150 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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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough, and Victoria counties
Publication Number: P2699 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1984
Author: Easton R.M., Bartlett J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties
Publication Number: OFR5639 Page: 91-93, 156, 178 Date: 1987
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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