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Record: MDI31F07SW00078

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Guiney Property - 1911
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-May-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Brougham

Latitude: 45° 18' 39.38"    Longitude: -76° 54' 47.04"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 350038.997   Northing: 5019273.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: About 1,500 ft N40W from the fire tower.



Exploration History

pre-1911: minor development work


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Host
Pegmatite 2 Near

Lithology Comments

May 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - Molybdenite is reported to occur within marble near the contact of a small body of pegmatitic granodiorite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - Mineralization consists of disseminated molybdenite in a zone of unknown dimensions. A sample collected by Walker in 1911 contained 0.98% MoS2.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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: 89  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785


Publication - Mineral Deposits in the Ottawa Valley; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1919, Part E

Publication Number: GSC SR 1919E Page: 35-41  Date: 1920

Author: Wilson, M.E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103631


Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 64  Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 65  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 144  Date: 1980

Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 135  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

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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