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| Record Name(s) | A.M. Chisholm - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Nickel, Gold
Township or Area: Sheffield
Latitude: 44° 32' 6.17" Longitude: -76° 52' 43.38"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 350735.257 Northing: 4933018.751 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Chisholm molybdenite mine is located about 10.5 km north-east of Tamworth. An all weather access road runs from Enterprise to Parham. The mine lies east of the road, 6.5 road km north of the CPR crossing in northeast Camden township.
1904: S.W. Chisholm excavated a pit 50 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep. 600 tons of rock were mined and 85 tons of picked ore (1.75% MoS2) was sold in the United States for $1,275. 1915: second pit was opened beside the original working and widened to 80 feet in diameter and 10 to 15 feet deep. Mr. Chisholm shipped 18 tons of material to Ottawa for analysis; the average grade was 1.4% MoS2. 1916: International Molybdenum Company of Renfrew optioned the property and sent 235 tons of material (selected from existing stockpiles) to their concentrator in Renfrew. 1917: Messrs. Chisholm and Seybold erected a small cobbing plant with a capacity of 25 tons/10 hours. 5 tons of crude concentrate shipped to the Mines Branch assayed 5.8% molybdenite. 80 tons of pyrite were sold to the Grasselli Chemical Company. 40 ton concentrator was erected, an unknown quantity of tailings from the cobbing plant was treated. 1919: Property owned by Sheffield Molybdenite Mining Co. Ltd. No mining activity reported. 1937: W.J. Brown of Montreal held the property. No mining activity was reported (OFR 5548, p.178).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 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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| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Mica | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Scapolite | Economic | Gangue |
Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1912; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 262
Publication Number: CMB Pub 262 Page: 162 Date: 1912
Author: McLeish, J
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307545
Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31 1915; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 421
Publication Number: CMB Pub 421 Page: 105-110 Date: 1916
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/321850
Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31 1915; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 421
Publication Number: CMB Pub 421 Page: 81, 88-89 Date: 1916
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/321850
Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1915; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 426
Publication Number: CMB Pub 426 Page: 150 Date: 1917
Author: McLeish, J
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307670
Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1916; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 474
Publication Number: CMB Pub 474 Page: 125 Date: 1918
Author: McLeish, J
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307699
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: 78-80 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
Publication - The Canadian mineral industry in 1934; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 760
Publication Number: CMB Pub 760 Page: 25 Date: 1935
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307909
Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 169-170 Date: 1962
Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 31 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 48 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 175-8 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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