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| Record Name(s) | Giblin Moly Occurrence - 1967, Highway 101 - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Recollet
Latitude: 47° 53' 2.01" Longitude: -83° 59' .21"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 276963.4 Northing: 5307704.6 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41O13NW
Point Location Description: Outcrop on the north side of Highway 101
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east from Wawa along Highway 101 for approximately 76 km. The outcrop is situated on the north side of the highway about 500m west of the township line.
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diatexite Migmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegmatite | 2 | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Molybdenite was noted on a joint surface within a granite pegmatite dike. The pegmatite intrudes granite gneiss/migmatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Six flakes of molybdenite, each less than 0.5 inches across, were found on a joint surface in a pegmatite.
Map - Highway 101, Chapleau to Wawa, districts of Sudbury and Algoma
Publication Number: P0423 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Missinaibi Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0672 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Article - Sault Ste. Marie District
Publication Number: MP017.001 Page: 70 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
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: 97 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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