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Record: MDI000000002096

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chimo Gold Mines U showing - 1968
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2017-Jun-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Gamsby Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 31' 45.1"    Longitude: -87° 1' 59.35"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 497601   Northing: 5486287    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42E11SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1968: Chimo Gold Mines drilled 3 DDH totaling 166 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 42E11SW0101 42E11SW0101

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite Gneiss Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 22, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - The area is underlain by Quetico Belt rocks and consists of relatively flat-lying, white, pegmatite sills and metasedimentary migmatites (Scott, 1987).




Mineralization Comments

Jun 22, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sample #4 in DDH H-1 assayed 0.016% U3O8 (biotite gneiss). Sample #26 in DDH H-1 assayed 0.017% U3O8 (pegmatite). Sample #15 in DDH H-2 assayed 0.009% U3O8 (pegmatite) (AFRI 42E11SW0101).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Uranium occurrences of the Thunder Bay-Nipigon-Marathon area

Publication Number: OFR5634 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Scott J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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