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| Record Name(s) | Ross Property - 1914, Ross-O'Brien Deposit - 1965, Austin Morin - 1908 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Brougham
Latitude: 45° 17' 24.08" Longitude: -76° 56' 30.01"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 347740.998 Northing: 5017002.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Starting from the church in Mt St Patrick village, drive southwest 1.6km to intersection with Flat Road. Continue straight ahead 300m to Maloney Mountain Roadd junction, then up into hills bearing right at fork with Clark Road. Continue to locked gate at 7.3km total distance from Mt St Patrick. Gate is at RR#1161.
1908: property purchased by B.G. Connelly from A. Morin. 1914: property sold to G. Ross of Ashfield Mining Syndicate: prospecting. 1915-16: property purchased by Molybdenum Ltd. and optioned to F.G. Todd. 1917: property leased to International Molybdenum Co. - property in production. 1965: Ciglen Developments Inc.: property evaluation, mapping, prospecting
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63A.468 | 31F07SW9662 | 31F07SW9662 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Hedenbergite | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Biotite | Adjacent | |
| Marble | 3 | Near |
May 02, 2011 (A Wilson) - Mineralization consists mainly of coarse flakes of molybdenite contained in narrow (1 to 15 cm) conformable vuggy, pegmatitic layers and lenses of quartz, microcline, pyrite, and pyrrhotite. These pegmatitic layers generally dip 20-30° east and strike north to north-northwest. The layers and lenses occur only in the hedenbergite gneiss. There is also a small amount of disseminated molybdenite in the hedenbergite gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
May 02, 2011 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected in 1965 for Ciglen Investments Limited from pits on the Ross property returned values up to 2.986% MoS2 from a 0.25 ft length of a veinlet; and 0.858% MoS2 from a 20 lb sample from a waste rock pile. The molybdenite content appears to increase to the east and the best values were found within a 32 foot deep shaft sunk at the bottom of a pit on the Ross Property.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Skarn |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1917 | 136 | Source MDC20 p. 153 | 150 tons grading 0.91% Mo were reportedly shipped from this site in 1917; An additional 96.8 tons of fines grading between 1.57 and 1.84% Mo also were shipped in 1917 |
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: 97-99 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 61-62 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Publication - Molybdenum Deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 20
Publication Number: Econ Geol 20 Page: 152-154 Date: 1963
Author: Vokes, F.M.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103994
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 80-81 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 63 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: 150-153 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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