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| Record Name(s) | Nameigos Molybdenite Occurrence - 1958 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Nameigos
Latitude: 48° 43' 38.14" Longitude: -84° 47' 30.25"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 662393 Northing: 5399490 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42C10NW
Point Location Description: Rustry trench in low cliff face at junction between Nameigos River and a beaver creek.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by air from White River or Wawa. Alternatively, the site can be accessed by a network of logging roads exiting east from highway 631, north of White River.
1958: Canadian Pacific Railway - prospecting.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Pyrite and molybdenite occur in a band of felsicmetavolcanic rocks, or possibly sericite schist, which is 2 to 3 feet in width. No assays or dimensions of the showing were reported.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Pyrite is the main mineral present, but flakes of molybdenite were observed in felsic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Geological series, Nameigos-Simpson area, Nameigos and Doucett townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0911 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1973
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Notes on mineral occurrences, Hornepayne sheet map P.476, geological compilation series
Publication Number: MP020 Page: 17 Date: 1968
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Esnagi Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2382 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1977
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Esnagi Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R176 Page: 42-43 Date: 1978
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 211 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Hornepayne sheet, districts of Algoma and Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury mining divisions, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0476 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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