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Record: MDI31D16NE00161

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mathews-McMahon - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 58' 19.22"    Longitude: -78° 6' 42.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 727752.886   Northing: 4983899.574    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Pit NW of Mo symbol in lot 12, con 11, 9 Km NNW of Brough Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the W side of Mud Lake in the NW corner of lot 12, con 11.



Exploration History

2 small open-cuts - 60 lbs sold in 1915.




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 - 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  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: 63  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

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

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 35  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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