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Record: MDI31E01SE00190

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Molybdenum Products Company Ltd. - 1918
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1994-Jun-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth, Monmouth

Latitude: 45° 1' 55.8"    Longitude: -78° 13' 51.71"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 718115   Northing: 4990254    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Just north of Wilberforce.



Exploration History

1918: Molybdenum Products Company Ltd. constructed a 75-ton mill. No production was reported.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Fine-Grained Host
Paragneiss 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mines of Ontario

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

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV28-01.003 Page: 160  Date: 1998

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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