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Record: MDI31D16NE00158

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) John Mooney - 1981, Mooney - 1981, Paudash Lake Molybdenite - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Oct-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 57' 57.22"    Longitude: -78° 4' 15.13"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 730997.421   Northing: 4983336.344    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: ' Mo ' circle symbol in lot 18, con 9, just E of central Paudash Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 340 m NE of the farmhouse, 660 m N of the conc boundary.



Exploration History

3 pits, in 1917, produced several hundred pounds of pure flake Mo which were shipped to the U.S.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5FluoriteEconomicOre
10MolybdeniteEconomicOre
15PyriteEconomicOre
20PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

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: 66-67  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV27-01.003 Page: 29, 142  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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: 68  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 25  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: 135  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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