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Record: MDI31D10NW00063

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Russell-Ponton - 1994
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Laxton

Latitude: 44° 43' 37.09"    Longitude: -78° 48' 2.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 674161.493   Northing: 4954973.751    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D10NW

Point Location Description: General, point 1.1 km E of Norland.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1925: Messrs. Douglas Ponton and A.J. Russell sunk a 7 by 9-foot shaft to a depth of 50 feet, on the shore of Mud Turtle lake.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5MicaEconomicOre
10MolybdeniteEconomicOre
15PyroxeneEconomicOre
20PyriteEconomicOre
25QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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: 111  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785


Part - Molybdenite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV26.011 Page: 301-302  Date: 1998

Author: Parsons A.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 70  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 82  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 654  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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