Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Ed Smith - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Olden
Latitude: 44° 42' 38.07" Longitude: -76° 46' 10.58"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 359827.449 Northing: 4952322.831 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10NW
Point Location Description: General, Mo symbol 400 m WSW of property symbol 18, 1.7 km SSW of O'Reilly Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: It is accessible on foot from an all weather gravel road joined to Mountain Grove. The deposit is approximately 300 m southeast of the western junction of the road which passes between O'Reilly and Leggat Lakes.
In 1917 a 6m x 1m x 2m pit was excavated in mineralization; two shipments to Ottawa of 450 kg and 68 kg were assayed at 0.29% and 0.6% molybdenite respectively. Deposit has no apparent size and has been exhausted.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 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 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area
Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 89 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Madoc area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 16 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 22 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Long Lake, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2449 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1981
Author: Wolff J.M., Smith D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Long Lake area, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties
Publication Number: R216 Page: 67 Date: 1982
Author: Wolff J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 169-70 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 65 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
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