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| Record Name(s) | Legree Prospect - 1944, Mining Mountain Deposit - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Lyndoch
Latitude: 45° 17' 20.94" Longitude: -77° 16' 39.9"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 321384 Northing: 5017596.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The location is 1 300 m west of a single land dirt road on the western slope of Mining Mountain.
Pre-1925: three pits and stripping excavated by unknown operators.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Contains | ||
| Pegmatite | 3 | Host |
Aug 02, 2011 (A Wilson) - Molybdenite is erratically distributed along the contacts of the granite gneiss and limestone. The rocks strike N80°E and dip 25°S. A strong shear zone was observed in the area. The shear trends S80°E.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 02, 2011 (A Wilson) - Molybdenite and pyrrhotite occur erratically in patches along the contacts.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
| 2 | Sheared |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 4 | AR62 pt 5 | reportedly 150 pounds ((68.2 kg) of hand cobbed ore was shipped from 5 tons (4.5 tonnes) |
Book - Molybdenum, p. 119
Publication Number: 592 Date: 1925
Author: V.L. Eardley-Wilmot
Publisher Name: DEMR
Location:
Publication - Mineral Deposits in Renfrew County and Vicinity; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 195
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 195 Page: 13 Date: 1936
Author: Freeman, B.C.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100827
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 86 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area
Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 76 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: 168-169 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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