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Record: MDI31D16NE00035

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Evans - 1984, O'Brian - 2000, Treasure Hill Mine - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-May-24
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 58' 20.22"    Longitude: -78° 6' 37.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 727861.308   Northing: 4983934.336    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Pit in circle symbol just NW of Mo symbol.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Within 200 yds of the Paudash-Cheddar road, about 12 mls SE of Wilberforce station.



Exploration History

1907 : 35 ft shaft [ Evans ] - molybdenum. 1913 : O'Brian option. 1914 : Robertson and Crichton option. [ 1913-14 : 2 open-cuts and shaft 150 tons of ore treated and 1 ton shipped. 1955 : Pickering Metals option as part of larger area - for uranium - 4 DDH. 1968 : CAM Mines on lot 11, N half, con 10 - scint and geology surveys. See Tomlinson-Mulliette.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5MolybdeniteEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre
15PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report on the molybdenum ores of Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 93

Publication Number: CMB Pub 93 Page: 41-43  Date: 1911

Author: Walker, T L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307388


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: 68-69  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 61  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 48-49  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 26  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 245  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 135  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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