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Record: MDI31D16NE00032

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canadian Dyno - 1981, Dyno Mine - 2000, International Mogul - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Oct-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 57' .22"    Longitude: -78° 5' 52.13"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 728935.46   Northing: 4981500.979    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Shaft symbol just SE of property symbol ' 8 ', in lot 12, con 8.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Take the Dyno Road from its junction with Hwy 28, S of Bancroft, 4.7 Km; turn right and proceed 0.15 Km to the mine.



Exploration History

1953 : original discovery. 1954-60 Canadian Dyno Mines - geology, radiometric surveys and 69 DDH. 1958-60 : 659,403 tons of ore [ av. 1.23 lbs U3O8 / t ] milled to produce 813,381 lbs U3O8. Owner in 1981 was International Mogul Mines Ltd.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5AllaniteEconomicOre
10CyrtoliteEconomicOre
15ThoriteEconomicOre
20UraniniteEconomicOre
25UranophaneEconomicOre
30UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Dyno 1960 Possible 453500 NMI 31D16 U 37 Uranium .06 Percent
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1958 598079 Uranium Pounds per Ton
SMDR 000158 U3O8 RECOVERED 1.23 POUNDS PER TON

References

Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 184-185  Date: 1962

Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 43-45  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 60-6  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 11  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 71-72  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 113  Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39

Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 45-46  Date: 1996

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


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