Ontario Mineral Inventory

Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000001879

Record: MDI000000001879

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bel-Air Moly - 1982
Related Record Type
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2016-Jan-12
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-06
Created By Therese Pettigrew
Revised By Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Lecours, Bomby

Latitude: 48° 41' 8.15"    Longitude: -85° 58' 59.02"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 574848   Northing: 5393005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C12NW

Point Location Description: M2614

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1981: Bel-Air Resources Ltd. conducted gridding, geophysical (magnetometer and electromagnetic) surveys and geological mapping. 1982: Bel-Air drilled 8 DDH totalling 1019.3 m. 1983: Bel-Air conducted trenching.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
42C12NW0017C1 42C12NW8706 42C12NW8706
42C12NW0017A1 42C12NW0146 42C12NW0146
42C12NW0016 42C12NW0147 42C12NW0147
2.6526 42C12NW0179 42C12NW0179

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host
Vein 2 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 12, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - 1% disseminated pyrite and molybdenum. Quartz-carbonate vein in rusty mafic volcanic rock; 596 ppm Mo was assayed in an OGS sample (M2614).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological Compilation of the Eastern Half of the Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2614 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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