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MDI31E01SE00196
| Record Name(s) | Wilberforce Molybdenite Company - 1917, Highland Mercury Occurrence - 1976 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Monmouth
Latitude: 45° 1' 42.25" Longitude: -78° 13' 15.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 718916 Northing: 4989863.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Just south of Wilberforce in conc. 15, lot 33.
1918: Wilberforce Molybdenite Co. Ltd.- did considerable surface work in the area; trenching. 1965: New Far North Exploration Ltd. - acquired the property as part of a 26 contiguous claim group in the area; soil sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63G.7 | 31E02SW0099 | 31E02SW0099 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Mica-Pyroxene | Host |
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| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Pyroxene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 29, 2017 (A Wilson) - The trench exposes a complex of banded gneisses containing bands rich in phlogopite and pale-green pyroxene; one band consists of calcite, actinolite, and minor quantities of fluorite and sphene. The gneisses are cut by a dikelet of feldspar-apatite-pyroxene rock. Rusty gneisses contain pyrrhotite, and one 1-inch flake of molybdenite was found.
Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County
Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 76 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 68-69 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 30-31 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 128 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 138 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 93, 283, 291, 221 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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