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Record: MDI31D15SE00147

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hopkins Mine - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead



Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 47' 33.02"    Longitude: -78° 35' 27.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 690561.487   Northing: 4962724.156    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SE

Point Location Description: Map symbol ' Pb ', 2.9 km E of Kinmount Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The shaft is located 150 m E of the W boundary of the lot.



Exploration History

Circa 1906 : a shaft, 45 ft (13.5 m) deep, was put down by A.Y. Hopkins. It is now almost completely overgrown.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The shaft was sunk on a pyrite-galena vein, about 6 inches (15 cm) wide, in marble. Galena was also reported to be disseminated in the wall rock but none has been found recently.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GalenaEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5639 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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