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| Record Name(s) | Simmonds Showing - 1957, Stanley Simmonds - 1957, Simmonds - 1957 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum, Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 53' 10.33" Longitude: -78° 30' 21.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 696948 Northing: 4973335 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D15NE
Point Location Description: 'Mo' symbol in lot 1, con 7, close to west boundary of township
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1957-58 : Stanley Simmonds (N showing) copper mineralization discovered earlier - reports 3 old test pits (2 are 125 ft. apart and 1 is 75 ft. from the main pit) with considerable sulphide mineralization (chalcopyrite and a narrow band of pyrrhotite). There is also a 20 x 5-6 ft. open cut on a hill. H. Winkler is reported to have run a magnetometer survey which followed the pyrrhotite band for 800 ft. Simmonds also staked in Snowdon township (S showing, lots 23-9, cons 1-2). The property was optioned to Norsyncomaque Mining Ltd. Some trenching and other surface work was carried out. 1965-66 : Win-Eldrich Mines Ltd option on the L.F. Labow property: ground magnetometer survey; carried SP surveys and some geological mapping (Cu-Mo). They report sparse molybdenum mineralization in gneiss. 1983 : Offset Oil and Gas Resources Ltd : VLF, mag, geology and scintillometer surveys carried out for uranium.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.964 | 31D16NW0053 | 31D16NW0053 |
| 63.1882 | 31D16NW0052 | 31D16NW0052 |
| 2.5721 | 31D16NW0046 | 31D16NW0046 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Pegmatite | 2 | Intrudes | ||
| Granite | 3 | Granite | Footwall |
Jan 22, 2017 (C Papertzian) - Orthogneiss and paragneiss have been intruded by granite and pegmatites. Several showings of molybdenite and chalcopyrite are present.
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 136, 182 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 35 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Lochlin area, Haliburton County
Publication Number: P3071 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1987
Author: Easton R.M., Van Kranendonk M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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