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| Record Name(s) | Ladore Occurrence - 1912, Ladore Prospect - 1907 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Dalhousie, Dalhousie
Latitude: 45° 1' 15.26" Longitude: -76° 33' 37.41"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 377062 Northing: 4986457 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F02SE
Point Location Description: Point 4.6 km south of Poland.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive west from the hamlet of Poland and turn left on Umpherson's Lane. Go southwest past Horne Lake and turn left on fork at 4.7km. Park on crest of hillock after 0.2km.
Circa 1907 : Wellington and Henderson – prospecting, 2 pits, 100 yd. apart, sunk to 20 and 22 ft. in gossan.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Sharbot Lake
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Sep 15, 2015 (C Papertzian) - Gossan along contact of a coarse amphibolite and a fine-grained grey granite - strikes NE and runs into lot 19, con 6. Seams of pyrite up to 1 ft were found but no appreciable quantity. Trenches in these marshes commonly expose a ' good grade of bog iron ore '.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Limonite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 15, 2015 (A Wilson) - Seams of pyrite up to 1 ft. were found but in no appreciable quantity. Trenches in these marshes commonly expose a ' good grade of bog iron ore. The south pit is reported to contain quantities of delicate cellular silica.
Book - Pyrites in Canada its occurrence, exploitation, dressing, and uses; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 167
Publication Number: CMB 167 Page: 70-71 Date: 1912
Author: Wilson, A.W.G.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307454
Publication - Sulphur and pyrites in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 118
Publication Number: CMB Mem 118 Page: 40 Date: 1952
Author: Janes, T.H.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296357
Book - NMI #507993
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 12 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Lavant area, Frontenac and Lanark counties
Publication Number: R253 Page: 12 Date: 1989
Author: Pauk L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sharbot Lake Area
Publication Number: P3440 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Iron pyrites in Ontario
Publication Number: ARV16-01.007 Page: 163-164 Date: 1998
Author: Fraleck E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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