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Record: MDI31C10NE00139

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Clow - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Hinchinbrooke

Latitude: 44° 38' 34.61"    Longitude: -76° 42' 31.54"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 364489.359   Northing: 4944707.73    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Mo just S of Clow Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The Clow occurrence is located approx. 1.5 km south of the town of Parham and 60 m south of Clow Lake. The deposit is accessible on foot approx. 500m east of Hwy 38.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Granite Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5MolybdeniteEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre
15PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 31, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - Pyrite, pyrrhotite and molybdenite is exposed in 2 pits approx. 0.6 km apart. Minor molybdenite was found in the eastern pit. Pegmatite host is less than 25 feet wide (OFR 5548, p154).



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI 31C10 MO 8

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5548 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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