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| Record Name(s) | Rose Farm - 1916, Richardson Prospect - 1916, Rose Property - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-May-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 33' 23.92" Longitude: -76° 47' 3.69"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 360734 Northing: 5046338 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10SW
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The deposit is accessible on foot 457 m due west from a point on a disused concession road between Lots 23 and 24, 610 m west from the town of Haley Station.
Before 1911: excavation of a pit by unknown operators. 250 pounds of ore sent to Professor J.B. Porter of McGill University for concentration experiments. 1916: in production 1917: Maple Leaf Exploration Company: property optioned and continued shaft sinking; 6.2 tons of ore containing 2.19% MoS2 shipped to the Mines Branch 1.3 tons of ore containing 1.08% MoS2 shipped to the Mines Branch About 316 pounds of pure MoS2 were recovered from these shipments.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Hornblende-Rich | Host |
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| Pegmatite | 2 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - The gneiss strikes from north to N40E and dips 60SE. It contains lit par lit stringers of feldspathic material and is cut by irregular stringers and dikes of pegmatite. The walls of the pegmatite are feldspar-rich but material on the dump indicates the presence of pegmatititc quartz. The quartz vein reportedly had an average width of 5 feet. The pegmatite dike ranges from 2 to 4 feet in width.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue |
May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - Both the feldspar and the quartz contain clusters of large, thin, crushed flakes of molybdenite ranging from 1-3 inches in diameter. Pyrite cube aggregates occur in vugs in the quartz and biotite books from 1-3 inches across are present in minor amounts in the feldspar. An estimate of the grade of 2 tons of concentrating ore on site in 1916 was 1% MoS2. A sample collected from the ore pile in 1916 assayed 1.61% MoS2. Satterly described the molybdenite as consisting of clusters of large, thin, crushed flakes of molybdenite that range from 1-3 inches in diameter. Pyrite cube aggregates occur in vugs in the quartz and the biotite books range from1 to 3 inches in size are present in minor amounts within the feldspar.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1916 | 9 | Vokes p. 167 | 10 tons @ 3.64% Mo shipped from which 6.6 tons was sent to the International Molybdenum Company’s concentrator at Renfrew. | |
| 1911 | 1 | MDC020 p. 173-174 | 250 pounds of ore sent to McGill University for concentration experiments |
Publication - Report on the molybdenum ores of Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 93
Publication Number: CMB Pub 93 Page: 46 Date: 1911
Author: Walker, T L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307388
Publication - Molybdenum Deposits of Canada; Economic Geology Report 20
Publication Number: EGR 20 Page: 167 Date: 1963
Author: Vokes, F.M.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103994
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: 26 Date: 1925
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307785
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 184, 186 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 137 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 64 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 87-88 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV25-01.003 Page: 136 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 173-174 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Molybdenite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.011 Page: 310 Date: 1998
Author: Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
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:
Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Cobden, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Summary of metallogeny, Renfrew County area
Publication Number: R212 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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