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| Record Name(s) | Navimar Lake - 1915, Oro Plata - 1939, E.D. Pidgeon - 1915 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Bismuth
Township or Area: Harper Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 26' 56.11" Longitude: -92° 50' 20.8"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 511661.789 Northing: 5477374.356 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F07NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This property is situated on a small lake due east of Navimar Lake and west of Upper Manitou Lake, about 25 miles due south of Dryden station. (Historical Files F07NW00025, EMR#506362, Kenora Resident Geologist Office)
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Terrane: Western Wabigoon
Belt: Eagle-Wabigoon-Manitou
Geological Age: Precambrian
Feb 24, 2010 (C Ravnaas) - GRADE: 1.48% MO FROM BULK SAMPLE. It was staked in 1915 by Mr. E.D.G. Pidgeon, of Wabigoon. Beyond a little assessment work which yielded about 200 pounds of high grade samples, no further development was done in 1920". (V.L. Eardley-Wilmot, 1925, p. 77). Oro Plata Mining Corporation Limited in 1939 investigated the showing. A number of trenches 15 to 20 feet apart were excavated and a series of 25- foot samples taken. Assays of 24 of these returned only nils and traces of molybdenum. A bulk sample from a pit on the original find is reported to have averaged 1.48% molybdenum. The property at that time consisted of a group of 11 claims. The property was open for staking in December 1973 . A 30 m long, 3 to 4 m wide quartz vein containing minor amounts of feldspar and striking northwest within dioritic rocks hosts molybdenum mineralization. The vein contains lesser amounts of chlorite, orthoclase, bismuthinite, green and bronze coloured mica, and pyrite. The molybdenum is confined to a all portion of the vein and was not observed in the country rocks. The diorite occurs at the contact between granitic rocks of the Atikwa Batholith and mafic metavolcanics of the Superior Structural Province. (Historical Files F07NW00025, EMR#506362, Kenora Resident Geologist Office)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Bismuthinite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 24, 2010 (C Ravnaas) - GRADE: 1.48% MO FROM BULK SAMPLE. It was staked in 1915 by Mr. E.D.G. Pidgeon, of Wabigoon. Beyond a little assessment work which yielded about 200 pounds of high grade samples, no further development was done in 1920". (V.L. Eardley-Wilmot, 1925, p. 77). Oro Plata Mining Corporation Limited in 1939 investigated the showing. A number of trenches 15 to 20 feet apart were excavated and a series of 25- foot samples taken. Assays of 24 of these returned only nils and traces of molybdenum. A bulk sample from a pit on the original find is reported to have averaged 1.48% molybdenum. The property at that time consisted of a group of 11 claims. The property was open for staking in December 1973 . A 30 m long, 3 to 4 m wide quartz vein containing minor amounts of feldspar and striking northwest within dioritic rocks hosts molybdenum mineralization. The vein contains lesser amounts of chlorite, orthoclase, bismuthinite, green and bronze coloured mica, and pyrite. The molybdenum is confined to a all portion of the vein and was not observed in the country rocks. The diorite occurs at the contact between granitic rocks of the Atikwa Batholith and mafic metavolcanics of the Superior Structural Province. (Historical Files F07NW00025, EMR#506362, Kenora Resident Geologist Office)
Publication - Molybdenum in Canada Part 2 : Molyfile; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 33
Publication Number: Econ Geol 33 Page: 89 Date: 1982
Author: Kirkham, R V; McCann, C; Prasad, N; Soregaroli, A E; Vokes, F M; Wine, G
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109258
MonoMap - Geology of the Upper Manitou Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R189 Page: 64 Date: 1979
Author: Blackburn C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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