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| Record Name(s) | Ramsay Lead Mine - 1858 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Lead
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver, Zinc
Township or Area: Ramsay
Latitude: 45° 9' 35.25" Longitude: -76° 9' 51.43"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 408491.97 Northing: 5001360.98 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F01NE
Point Location Description: square symbol Pb, Zn nearest Carleton Place.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Near Carleton Place.
1858: 26 tons of ore were produced from a shaft 11 metres deep, and 10 tons of ore were subsequently produced from another shaft 6 metres deep. 1925: a series of pits excavated by the Ottawa Valley Syndicate along a length of 700 metres following the vein.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Central St. Lawrence Lowland
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite-Galena | Host |
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| Marble | 2 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Cerussite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Calcite-galena vein occurring in the March Formation.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 58-60 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 196 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Lead and zinc deposits in Ontario and in eastern Canada
Publication Number: ARV25-02 Page: 27 Date: 1998
Author: Uglow W.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 171, 174-175 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 171, 174-175 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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