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Record: MDI31C15NW00238

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shannon - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Miller

Latitude: 44° 59' 19.12"    Longitude: -76° 59' 5.14"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 343539.483   Northing: 4983605.191    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 2.8 km north of Plevna. The deposit is accessible from Highway 506 at Plevna by all-weather gravel roads. It is within 600 m of a road which passes south of Kring Lake. (OFR 5548, p161).



Exploration History

Pre 1917: 3 pits were completed by G.C. Shannon, one pit is 25 feet square, the other two, 30 feet long and up to 10 feet deep. (OFR 5548, p161).




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Material grading 1 percent molybdenite was reported from this site (OFR 5548, p161).



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Molybdenite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV26.011 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Parsons A.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale:     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 Scale:     Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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