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Record: MDI41N09NW00001

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Berry Lake Molybdenite - 1961
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jun-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Tabobondung

Latitude: 47° 44' 6.81"    Longitude: -84° 16' 53"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 703824.38   Northing: 5290452.13    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N09NW

Point Location Description: Quartz vein west of Berry Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east along a forestry access road originating from the Tik Road.



Exploration History

1961: Algoma Central Railway - airborne geophysics, mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Tabobodung-0010-A1 41N09NE0003 41N09NE0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Granitic Host
Pegmatite 3 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A molybdenum bearing quartz vein was found in granitic gneiss. The vein narrowed from 10 inches to 3 inches SE along strike.




Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 19  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 144  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Manitouwadge-Wawa sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2220 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1972

Author: Milne V.G., Giblin P.E., Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Wolfe W.J., Giguere J.F., Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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