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Record: MDI31F04SW00241

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keller - 2000, Keller Molybdenite Deposit - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Apr-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 1' 8.77"    Longitude: -77° 57' 3.05"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 267505.388   Northing: 4989309.252    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Circular symbol ' Mo ' NW of Bow Lake and S of Stranyer Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: About 1,500 ft S of the Monck road, on the Keller farm.



Exploration History

Mineral location : molybdenite. c1943 : a small pit. The ground adjacent to the pit is drift covered.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Molybdenite occurs in pyroxenite at or near the contact with pegmatite.




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 deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 20

Publication Number: Econ Geol 20 Page: 144  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: 50  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

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:


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:


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