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Record: MDI31F07SE00077

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Samuel Hunter Property - 1890, Hunter Deposit - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Bagot

Latitude: 45° 17' 26.54"    Longitude: -76° 42' 24.49"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 366160.003   Northing: 5016661.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07SE

Point Location Description: Mo symbol on P2211

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1890 : S. Hunter - pitting, 100 lbs of pure flake molybdenite were hand cobbed 1926 : pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Adjacent
Pegmatite 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite is cut by a number of narrow veinlets containing white carbonate, pink feldspar and black tourmaline crystals up to 1 in ch in width.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre
2TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - Freeman reported that 100 lbs of flake molybdenite was reportedly shipped from this site.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Publication - Molybdenum metallurgy and uses and the occurrence, mining and concentration of its ores; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 592

Publication Number: CMB Pub 592 Page: 86-87  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Willmot, V.L.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785


Publication - Mineral Deposits in Renfrew County and Vicinity; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 195

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 195 Page: 12  Date: 1936

Author: Freeman, B.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100827


Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 60  Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377


Part - Molybdenite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV26.011 Page: 288-289  Date: 1998

Author: Parsons A.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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: 135  Date: 1980

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

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

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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 - 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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