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| Record Name(s) | Culhane Prospect - 1951, John K. Culhane Farm - 1925, R.R. Gamey - 1915, Culhane Deposit - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Bagot
Latitude: 45° 19' 44.1" Longitude: -76° 48' 20.8"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 358494.003 Northing: 5021076.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The deposit is located about 1000 m W of a gravel road near the shore of Culhanes or Snake Lake.
1915 : R. R. Gamey - 4 small pits were excavated, none more than 6 ft deep
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Pyroxenitic | Adjacent | |
| Marble | 3 | Adjacent |
| 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 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - About 200 pounds of picked flake molybdenite was reportedly removed from the site in 1915; 35 pounds of 35% ore was sent to the Mines Branch in Ottawa. Satterly observed only a few flakes of molybdenite ranging in size from ½ inch to 2 inches in diameter.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Skarn |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
Book - Molybdenum, p. 87-88
Publication Number: 592 Date: 1925
Author: V.L. Eardley-Wilmot
Publisher Name: DEMR
Location:
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: 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: 76-77 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: 133-134 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
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, 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:
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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