Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Currie - 1985, Currie Occurrence - 2000, Fitzroy - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Barite
Township or Area: Fitzroy
Latitude: 45° 19' 53.46" Longitude: -76° 10' 47.81"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407540.132 Northing: 5020455.858 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08SE
Point Location Description: Star symbol ' BC 2 ' near Hwy 17 in the SW part of the township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The pits are located on the W side of a hill, about 90 m NW of the Currie farmhouse.
1880s : 2 prospect pits for lead and silver. 1920 or earlier : reinvestigated for barite.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Brecciated limestone (Bobcaygeon Formation) is cemented by barytes. This is soft, massive and grey-white. Minor po, py and possibly galena mineralization. See OGS 1981 for assays.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Barium and strontium in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 570
Publication Number: CMB Pub 570 Page: 49-50 Date: 1922
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307770
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 26 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 19-21 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 171,175-6 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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