Madoc District Fluorspar Mines

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001687
MRDS ID W006976
Record type District
Current site name Madoc District Fluorspar Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.86638, 44.53329 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE. IMPORTANT PRODUCERS WERE NOYES, KILPATRIC (DETOMAC), ROGERS, AND BAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.86638, 44.53329

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description MORIA BATHOLITH (GRANITE)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name MADOC DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NOYES MINING CO. LTD.
  • Type Owner
    Owner WILLIAM BAILEY
  • Type Operator
    Owner R.T. GILLMAN
  • Type Operator
    Owner MILLWOOD FLUORSPAR MINES LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner RELIANCE FLUORSPAR MINING SYNDICATE LTD.
  • Type Operator
    Owner HUNTINGDON FLUORSPAR MINES LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUILLET, G.R., 1964, FLUORSPAR IN ONTARIO: ONTARIO DEPT. OF MINES, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL REPORT NO. 12, 68 P.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, M.E., 1929, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA DEPT. OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. SERIES, NO. 6

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.