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| Record Name(s) | Burnstown Deposit - 1951 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Apr-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: McNab
Latitude: 45° 24' 53.77" Longitude: -76° 33' 12.63"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 378446.997 Northing: 5030220.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located on the east side of a road in Lot 19, Con. IV, McNab township, about 3.2 km northeast of Burnstown.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Granite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Contains |
Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite sill strikes north and dips to the east at 35°. The sill is more than 30 feet wide and cuts fine-grained, pink granite along the contact with paragneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - The coaser grained parts of the sill contain several percent molybdenite in books up to 1 inch by 1.5 inches
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 65 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
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: 169-170 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: 136 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 67G Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1951
Author: Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109668
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:
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