Is there Gold in Ontario ? Gold certainly can be found in the most unexpected places. Not far from Madoc, in the Peterborough area, is a place called Eldorado. They called it that because one year before Confederation in 1867, gold was found there.
The strike at Eldorado was the first time the elusive metal was found in quantity worth mining and it only lasted a short while. Today that southern fringe of the Canadian Shield country has several small properties but never enough to make a mine.
Actually the first gold found in Ontario was discovered near Bruce Mines, west of Sudbury. The golden stuff was found while copper mining was going on and only in trace form anyway.
Gold deposits in the Porcupine district near Timmins Ontario were so rich that for a time it produced more gold than any other place in North America.... More: http://www.treasureventure.ca/magazine/100-treasure/192-ontario-gold-is-where-you-find-it
This site has a photo gallery of minerals found in Ontario. http://www.ontariominerals.com/index.html
Wikipedia history of Cobalt and mining activity. (many useful links featured) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt,_Ontario
The very best place to prospect for gold in Ontario is the green belt quartz that streaks through the islands and wilderness all around the Lake of the Woods south of Kenora Ontario. There is still lots of gold in these parts and recreational prospectors are always turning up with large nuggets or gold and quartz.
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