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| Record Name(s) | Joiner - 1981 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Oct-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-May-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Cardiff
Latitude: 45° 2' 46.22" Longitude: -78° 11' 55.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 720611.512 Northing: 4991897.705 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE
Point Location Description: ' Mo ' circle symbol in Lot 3, Con 20, NW corner of Cardiff Township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access via the Richardson-Fission road. There is a possibility of finding an old trail from Wilberforce but there is no easy way in.
Exploration in 1917 by W.E. Joiner. In 1919 to 1922, Cardiff Molybdenite Mines Ltd. and later United Molybdenum Corp. Ltd. carried out some trenching and a 30-ton sample containing 0.31 percent MoS2 and 600 pounds containing 0.53 percent MoS2 were sent to the Mines Branch at Ottawa for testing. In 1935 the property belonged to Shallberg Molybdenite Co. and in 1936 Ventures Ltd. mapped and sampled the property. Cardiff Uranium Mines Ltd. drilled 4 holes on the property in 1952. New Far North Exploration drilled 6 holes totalling 1657 feet in 1965. Georgia Lake Mines drilled 11 holes on the property and conducted an IP survey in 1966.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.2148 | 31D16NE0040 | 31D16NE0040 |
| 63.3916 | 31E01SE0028 | 31E01SE0028 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Harvey-Cardiff
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Altered | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paragneiss | 2 | Syenite | Host | |
| Pegmatite | 3 | Intrudes | ||
| Monzonite | 4 | Adjacent | ||
| Calcite Marble | 5 | Dolomitic, siliceous | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Chondrodite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
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: 69-70 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
Publication - Molybdenum deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 20
Publication Number: Econ Geol 20 Page: 135 Date: 1963
Author: Vokes, F M
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103994
Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships
Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 49-50 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 70 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 27 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:
Book - Resident Geologist files 1957, AFRO # 83, 84
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Book - Resident Geologist files 1966, AFRO # 31
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Book - Resident Geologist files 1977-9, AFRO # 184, 188, 200
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
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