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Record: MDI31F06SE00094

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Nelson Lepine Property - 1939, OGS Sample 78-K-524 - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jul-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum, Thorium

Secondary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Griffith

Latitude: 45° 17' 11.32"    Longitude: -77° 8' 35.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 331918.002   Northing: 5017010    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1939: N. Lepine - trenching


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granite Near
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Calcareous Adjacent
Marble 2 Diopside-Phlogopite Host

Lithology Comments

May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as occurring at the contact between late granite pegmatite and diopside-phlogopite marble.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The molybdenite was described as being comprised on large flakes. A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1978 returned 13 ppm U3O8, 710 ppm Th and 3.42% K2O.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Skarn
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: MDC020 Scale:     Date: 1980

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Khartum area, Renfrew County

Publication Number: R211 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Khartum area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2240 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1979

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Khartum, Renfrew County

Publication Number: M2454 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC023 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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