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MDI31C10SW00049
Record Name(s) | Kellar - 1981 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1981-Dec-11 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Sheffield
Latitude: 44° 33' 39.77" Longitude: -76° 55' 7.33"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 347626.236 Northing: 4935980.792 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This occurrence is located midway between South Cranberry and West Lakes approximately 10 km northwest of Tamworth. It is accessible by a vehicle trail which runs between Carroll and Sixth Depot Lakes. The trail begins north of Carroll Lake and is joined to Tamworth by all weather gravel roads. The occurrence is approximately 5 road km north of Carroll Lake (OFR 5548, p.181).
1916: The O'Brien's Greenfield Company of Superior, Washington excavated 5 pits on the farm of A. Keller. About 160 pounds of pure flake molybdenite was recovered from the workings (OFR 5548, p.181).
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Molybdenum metallurgy and uses and the occurrence, mining and concentration of its ores; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 592
Publication Number: CMB Pub 592 Page: 78 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
Part - Molybdenite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.011 Page: 311 Date: 1998
Author: Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 31 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 47-48 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 137 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 181 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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