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Record: MDI31C15SW00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Avery - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Olden

Latitude: 44° 49' 1.35"    Longitude: -76° 45' 45.69"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 360631.339   Northing: 4964137.861    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15SW

Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Mo near N-part of Bolton Lakes.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The deposit is accessible on foot from all-weather gravel roads and vehicle trails off Hwy 7, north and west of the town of Sharbot Lake. It is approximately 500 m west of the interconnecting segment of the Bolton Lakes and 200 m east of a vehicle trail passing west of the lakes.



Exploration History

Pre-1918, Avery occurrence first discovered, two small pits blasted by unknown operators; 1968, Substantial Developments Ltd. stakes ground around occurrence; 1969, Substantial Developments Ltd. conducts line cutting, trenching and detailed geological mapping, Keevil Mining Group options the property; 1970, Substantial Developments Ltd conducts geological mapping and ground radiometric surveys for The Uranium Syndicate, (OFR 5548).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2646 31C15NW0081 31C15NW0081
Tweed file Olden #11 / 63A.569 31C15NW0014 31C15NW0014



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host
Dolomite Marble 2 Host

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) - Disseminated molydenite in massive limestone, with a minor amount of disseminated graphite, (OGS 1947 AR Vol 56).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Skarn
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 90  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

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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 24  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

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

Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 164-5  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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