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Record: MDI31D16NE00166

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kemp - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-20
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 59' 53.22"    Longitude: -78° 9' 42.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 723708.256   Northing: 4986660.728    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Circle just S of property symbol ' 24 ' in lot 5, con 14.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: At the junction of Hwys 648 and 121 take Hwy 121 towards Bancroft for 4.7 Km. Park at wagon road on left [ or drive high-clearance vehicle ] and walk about 2 Km [ keep right ]. Trenches are at the top of a hill and further down to the left [ 0.1 Km ].



Exploration History

1954-5 : stripping, trenching, 7 DDH by Kemp Uranium Mines. 1975 : 1 DDH [ N half lot 4, con 14 ].


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
37 31D16NE0430 31D16NE0430
73 31D16NE0506 31D16NE0506

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - world class specimens of doubly-terminated thorite.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Skarn 1 Skarn Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ThoriteEconomicOre
10UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

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

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 15  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: 100  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Precambrian geology of the Centre Lake area, Haliburton and Hastings counties

Publication Number: OFR5658 Page: 110-111  Date: 1987

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area

Publication Number: GB03 Page: 63  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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