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Record: MDI31F04NE00084

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McDiarmid Farm - 1917
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-26
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron

Secondary Commodities: Vanadium, Titanium



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 12' 22.67"    Longitude: -77° 39' 13.65"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 291593.004   Northing: 5009293.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NE

Point Location Description: outcrop

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1911: Lindeman and Bolton - ground geophysics, mapping. 1950: L. Moyd - DD-1-81.1 ft.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Host
Syenite 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - The amphibolite strikes N30W with a length of approximately 200 feet and widths from 10 to 40 feet. The amphibolite is interbedded with hornblende syenite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - The magnetite is described as being massive and disseminated. Samples across the zone assayed 43.7% Fe, 0.02% P, 0.12% P2O5 and 44.22% Fe, 0.11% P, 0.27% Vand 2.88% Ti. Assays from the diamond drill hole returned 37.95% Fe over 19.2 feet.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Magnetite occurrences along the Central Ontario Railway; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 184

Publication Number: CMB Pub 184 Page: 21  Date: 1913

Author: Lindeman, E

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307472


Book - Iron ore occurrences in Canada, p. 114-115

Publication Number: 217 Date: 1917

Author: E. Lindeman and L.L. Bolton

Publisher Name: DEMR

Location:


Mono - Report Of The Ontario Iron Ore Committee With Appendix 1923

Publication Number: NSP013 Page: 217  Date: 1998

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Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area

Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 38-39  Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 56-57  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area

Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1998

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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