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| Record Name(s) | Lyndoch Deposit - 1981, Mining Mountain Southeast - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Lyndoch
Latitude: 45° 17' 35.65" Longitude: -77° 15' 43.2"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 322632 Northing: 5018014.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: North of Wadsworth Creek, within 125 m of a dirt road at the base of Mining Mountain.
pre 1953: pitting
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granite | Contains |
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| Marble | 2 | Contains | ||
| Pegmatite | 3 | Granite | Host |
Aug 02, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite strikes N70°E and cuts pink granite gneiss and marble. The dike reportedly has a strike length of 110 feet and pinches out at both ends. The pegmatite consists of pyroxene, hornblende, smoky quartz, black mica and calcite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 02, 2011 (A Wilson) - Flakes of molybdenite up to 1 inch in size occur sparsely in the quartz of the pegmatite.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Book - Molybdenum, p. 105
Publication Number: 582 Date: 1925
Author: V.L. Eardley-Wilmott
Publisher Name: DEMR
Location:
Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area
Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 74 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 65 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 167 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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:
Map - Barry's Bay, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2461 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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