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| Record Name(s) | Yuill - 1981, Yuill Iron Mine - 2000, Yuille - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Apr-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Magnetite
Township or Area: Darling
Latitude: 45° 14' 7.48" Longitude: -76° 35' 42.85"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 374786.957 Northing: 5010339.867 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F02NE
Point Location Description: Yuill Iron Mine shaft ' 9 ' just S of Broad Creek.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located about 1.6 km E of Hwy 511 and 137 m SE of Broad Creek. It is accessible only by foot.
1889-90 : a pit, about 90 x 15-30 ft and possibly 80 ft deep, on magnetite. The dump was removed in 1898/99 and shipped to Hamilton. It is described in GSC AR Vol 12 (1899) as containing about 2,700 tons of ore, a few hundred tons still reported to remain in 1956. Fe 62.42 %, P 0.01 %, insol. 9.11 % (1899).
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A small lens (30 x 9 m) of massive to disseminated magnetite at a mafic volcanic- marble contact within a sequence of interlayered metavolcanics and marble. The mineralization is probably volcanogenic and essentially confined to the pit area. See MDC 20, 1980.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Part - Geology of Darling Township and part of Lavant Township
Publication Number: ARV65-07.002 Page: 57 Date: 1998
Author: Peach P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 250 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 92-95 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Darling area, Lanark and Renfrew counties
Publication Number: OFR5693 Page: 170 Date: 1988
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the geology of Darling Township and part of Lavant Township, Lanark County
Publication Number: PR1948-12 Date: 1998
Author: Peach P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923
Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 230 Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Publication - Report on the iron ore deposits along the Kingston and Pembroke Railway in eastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 12, (1899), pt. I
Publication Number: GSC AR 12 I Page: 54 Date: 1901
Author: Ingall, E D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/287887
Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45
Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 59 Date: 1958
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563
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