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| Record Name(s) | Wilbur - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Lavant
Latitude: 45° 1' 18.33" Longitude: -76° 41' 32.74"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 366661.148 Northing: 4986760.767 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F02SE
Point Location Description: Precise, Wilbur Mine shaft Fe8, just NW of Caldwell Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The deposit is accessible via a private dirt road at a point 2.4 km east of Lavant Station along a gravel road. The deposit is located 4.2 km south of the gravel road along the dirt road.
Pre-1900: 125,000 tons of ore shipped by the Kingston and Pembroke Mining Company from eight workings and an unspecified amount of diamond drilling was completed. 1907-1908: The mine was operated by the Wilbur Iron Ore Company who shipped 21,892 tons of ore to Algoma Steel Company at the rate of 200 tons per day. An inclined shaft (38deg) was put down to a depth of 90 feet south-southeast from the bottom of the No. 3 pit and a limited amount of underground development was completed. 1910: Mine reopened by Hawthorne Silver and Iron Mine Company with no shipments being made. 1911: Exploration Syndicate of America operated the mine for a short time.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Skarn | 1 | Carbonate | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Epidote | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 113398 |
Magnetite 57 Percent |
OGS 1968, MRC 11, p252 | Ore was shipped from 8 workings. |
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: 46-54 Date: 1901
Author: Ingall, E D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/287887
Book - Journal of the Canadian Mining Institute 1909, vol. 12
Publication Number: Page: 582-91 Date: 1996
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Part - Geology of the Clarendon-Dalhousie area
Publication Number: ARV65-07.001 Page: 40-41 Date: 1998
Author: Smith B.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 252 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 106-109 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Lavant area, Frontenac and Lanark counties
Publication Number: R253 Page: 51-54 Date: 1989
Author: Pauk L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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