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| Record Name(s) | Belangers Corners Showing - 1939 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Aug-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Bagot
Latitude: 45° 24' 9.94" Longitude: -76° 42' 55.86"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 365742.003 Northing: 5029125.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: approximate, based on figure in GSC MP39
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Workings are located N and S of a gravel road along the north boundary of the lot and also E and W of a gravel road in the western part of the lot.
1939-40: Buckhorne Mining Syndicate - trenching, pitting
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Gneissic | Adjacent |
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| Marble | 2 | Calcitic | Adjacent | |
| Pegmatite | 3 | Intrudes |
Aug 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is associated with a succession of interlayered marble, calcareous mudstone and sandstone cut by pegmatite dikes. A pyroxenitic skarn was observed in the northern part of the township
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Actinolite | Economic | Gangue | 1 |
Aug 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - Satterly observed disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite in the intrusive in the pits/trenches along the northern boundary of the lot. In the western pits, a little pyrrhotite was observed in the pit. No molybdenite was observed. Radiating clusters of actinolite up to 4 inches long occur in the marble. Carter et al. observed a few scattered, coarse flakes of molybdenum in the pyroxenitic skarn.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Skarn |
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 59 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 76 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
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: 131 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 289 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 94-96 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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