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| Record Name(s) | Zenith Mine - 1938, Goldyke Property - 1955, Phoenix Molybdenite Deposit - 1924, Zenith Deposit - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-Feb-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum, Thorium, Uranium
Township or Area: Bagot
Latitude: 45° 23' 26.23" Longitude: -76° 42' 14.29"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 366617.002 Northing: 5027756.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: capped shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Belanger Corners (just south of Renfrew) on Admaston-Bagot twps line, drive south for 1.5km to abrupt right hand bend of twp road to Ashdad and where private gated road extends due south. Park adjacent to gate and walk south 250-300m to area of shaft , dumps and mill on east extending from trail to swamp/lake some 30-40m east.
1914-17: W. Warren - discovery. Mining rights sold to Henry Pellat, mine in production, 3 cars of ore sent to Mines Branch. 1924 - 1937 - Phoenix Molybdenite Corp. sunk a 2 - compartment shaft to 205 feet and installed a 150 ton mill; in production. 1938 -1940: Zenith Molybdenite Corp. - trenching, dewatering, DD 1942 - 1943 - Wartime Metals Corp.: in production; DD-836 ft, underground development; in production 1955: Goldyke Mines Ltd. - DD-11-336 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| File No. 1 Bagot Township | 31F07NE9655 | 31F07NE9655 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Pyroxenitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Calcitic | Adjacent | |
| Pegmatite | 3 | Intrudes | ||
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 4 | Granite | Adjacent |
Aug 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - The mine occurs in a sequence of calcareous metasediments on the western margin of the Hurd Lake Granite. The country rocks are marble with skarn, hornblende gneiss, scapolitic gneiss, granite gneiss and granite pegmatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - Four main types of molybdenite mineralization were recognized. 1) dark green mica pyroxenite containing flakes, bunches, seams or bands of molybdenite and irregular stringers of pyrite. 2) granite-pegmatite with scattered flakes of molybdenite. 3) veins composed of pink calcite, pyroxene and some feldspar from a few inches of 4 feet containing a few scattered flakes of molybdenite and some pyrite. 4) scattered erratic molybdenite mineralization with pyrite in the paragneiss or hybrid gneiss adjacent to contacts with pegmatite or pyroxenite. A syenite sample collected in 1977 by the OGS returned 450 U3O8 and 311 ppm Th. Two samples of granite pegmatite taken from the rock dump averaged 7 ppm U3O8 and 23 ppm Th. Analyses by Goldyke Mines from diamond drill holes completed in pyroxenites in the underground workings gave typical background readings of 60-100 C.P.M., but values up to 200-600 C.P.M were returned from narrow, heavily pyritic, pegmatitic veins from cross cuts underground. Goldyke reported grades of 0.06 to 0.42% U3O8.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Skarn |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1943 | 363 | GSC Economic Geology Report 20 p. 160 | 400 tons @ 0.85% Mo produced yielding 14.5 tons of material (22,523 lb lump ore @2.77% Mo, 4355 lb of fines @35.7% Mo and 2122 lb of flake @ 4.51% Mo. Shipped to Lacorne concentrator where it yielded 2274 lb of molybdenite | |
| 1937 | 7782 | GSC Economic Geology Report 20 p. 160 | 15-20 tons of concentrates grading 80-85% Mo produced | |
| 1931 | 11 | GSC Economic Geology Report 20 p. 160 | 12 tons shipped to Mines Branch for testing; grade 5% molybdenum | |
| 1914 | 73 |
Molybdenum |
GSC Economic Geology Report 20 p. 160 | yielded 7800 pounds of molybdenite and 472 pounds of flake @65% Mo recovered from 81 tons; 472 pounds of flake @65.0% Mo was shipped elsewhere |
Book - Molybdenum, p. 83-86
Publication Number: 592 Date: 1925
Author: V.L. Eardley-Willmot
Publisher Name: DEMR
Location:
Publication - Mineral Deposits in Renfrew County and Vicinity; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 195
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 195 Page: 16-20 Date: 1936
Author: Freeman, B.C.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100827
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 58-59, 68 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Publication - Molybdenum Deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 20
Publication Number: Econ Geol 20 Page: 160-161 Date: 1963
Author: Vokes, F.M.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103994
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 73-75 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Molybdenite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.011 Page: 289 Date: 1998
Author: Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 65 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 56 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 67G Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1951
Author: Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109668
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 136-140 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC023 Page: 26, 28 Date: 1981
Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 565 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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