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Record: MDI31F04NE00071

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stoughton Deposit - 2000, A.A Stoughton - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Dungannon

Latitude: 45° 7' 29.22"    Longitude: -77° 43' 46.47"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 285335.437   Northing: 5000437.353    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NE

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Mo ' W of York River near the NE corner of the township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1917-20 : worked for short periods by Waring and Stoughton. Optioned by the Bancroft Mining Company in 1917 and in 1918 694 lbs of cobbed ore (4.19 %) produced 28 lbs of molybdenite for sale. 2 trenches, 20 and 30 ft long and 2-3 ft deep.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A leuco-granite pegmatite cuts marble and large inclusions of this, caught in the pegmatite, have been altered to pyroxenite. Molybdenite crystals up to 1 inch in size occur in the pyroxenite (1955).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5MolybdeniteEconomicOre

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: 76  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area

Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 61  Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships

Publication Number: ARV64-08 Page: 56  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 36  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1979

Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 157  Date: 1980

Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.

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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