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Record: MDI31F08NE00043

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stanton Lead Mines - 1948
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-07
Date Last Modified 2022-May-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Fitzroy

Latitude: 45° 25' 59.97"    Longitude: -76° 13' 49.04"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 403768.102   Northing: 5031825.115    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08NE

Point Location Description: Square symbol ' Pb,Zn 9 ' just S of Hwy 22 and NE of Galetta.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The deposit lies about 8 km E of Arnprior and 1.6 km SE of the Kingdon Mine. It is 45 m S of Fitzroy County Road 22, midway between con roads 7 and 8, NE of Galetta.



Exploration History

1917: 3 prospect pits. 1948-9: acquired by Duvay Gold Mines Ltd who formed Stanton Lead Mines Ltd. They put in 5 pits up to 2.5 m across and 3 m deep; 2 trenches - 60 m x 2m deep and 8 m x 3 m deep - and a shaft. They are reported to have drilled in 1954.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A calcite-galena -sphalerite vein up to 2 m thick in marble. It has been traced over 450 m and is located 300 m NE of a fault and 2.5 km E of a fault junction. The vein is said to have had strong lead showings over a width of 5 ft and averaged 6 % Pb.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10GalenaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 115  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 31-33  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: 158  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 178-9  Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - Resident Geologist files 1951, AFRO # 2

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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