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Record: MDI31D16NE00165

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kenmac Chibougamau - 1981, Gould - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1981-Oct-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 59' 53.22"    Longitude: -78° 9' 17.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 724255.62   Northing: 4986679.934    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Adit just S of property symbol ' 25 ', 0.7 Km W of NW end of Colbourne Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: See GSC 1986, MP 39.



Exploration History

1955 : estimated reserves of 200,000 tons 0.20 % U3O8 - stripping, trenching, geology, 52 DDH, an adit, underground workings and a scint survey.


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
10ApatiteEconomicOre
15BiotiteEconomicOre
20MagnetiteEconomicOre
25UranothoriteEconomicOre
30ZirconEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Kenmack Chibougamau 1955 Unclassified 181436 OFR5311 p.101 1955: estimate reserves were 200,000 0.20% U3O8 in a zone 20 ft. wide by 525 ft. long to a depth of 200 ft. Uranium 0.20 %

References

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

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 253  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


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: 53-54  Date: 1996

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 64-6  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: 68  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 54  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 15-16  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 101  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1955, AFRO # 121

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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