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| Record Name(s) | Coe - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Magnetite
Township or Area: Snowdon
Latitude: 44° 49' 23.46" Longitude: -78° 33' 54.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 692500 Northing: 4966193 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D15SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 1.5 km north of Birchbark Lake.
Circa 1889: W. Coe- test shipment of one carload of ore from this occurrence; ore was too high in sulphur. Circa 1943: J. Satterly – property examination, sampling.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2 | Crystalline | Adjacent |
Jan 12, 2017 (A Wilson) - The magnetite at these pits may be related to a subsurface diorite intrusion in this area.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 12, 2017 (A Wilson) - Two small pits containing magnetite occur on Lot 17, Concession l, Snowdon Township. The appearance of the pits indicates that they may have been dug at about the time other magnetite deposits in the area were in production.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 45 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 150 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties
Publication Number: OFR5639 Page: 94 Date: 1987
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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