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Record: MDI31L07SW00075

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gauthier - 1925
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Calvin

Latitude: 46° 16' 26.25"    Longitude: -78° 58' 7.54"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 656504   Northing: 5126492    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L07SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - Molybdenite was observed in a quartz-pyroxene zone.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - Molybdenum occurs in pyroxene-rich zone exposed in a pit.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

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: 81  Date: 1925

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Publication - Molybdenum Deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 20

Publication Number: Econ Geol 20 Page: 99  Date: 1963

Author: Vokes, F.M.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103994


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 52  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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