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| Record Name(s) | Nu-World Occurrence - 1955, Nu-World Uranium Mines - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 52' 25.5" Longitude: -78° 25' 10.59"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 703821 Northing: 4972165 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: west end of swamp in N ½ of lot 16, con 3.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Gooderham, at the junction of Hwy 503 and 507, proceed onto Hwy 507 and drive south. At 1.7 km is the junction with the Tamarack Lake road; continue on Hwy 507. At 4.1 km there is a single-lane road on the right; follow this toward the fire tower. At 4.25 km continue straight through the junction. There is a junction at 4.9 km (on the left at a bend in the road) with a wagon road. Follow it 200 m to the trenches - there are 8 in an E-W direction over a distance of 280 m.
1955 : Nu-World Uranium Mines Ltd stripped, trenched and drilled - 22 DDH (1925 ft.) on the main showing on the S½of lot 19, con 2; 10 short holes (419 ft.) on lots 15N½ and 16N½, con 3.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nu World Uranium Mines Ltd | 31D16SW0017 | 31D16SW0017 |
| 11 Nu World Uranium Mines Ltd | 31D16SW0018 | 31D16SW0018 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Jan 23, 2017 (A Wilson) - Paragneiss, marble, metagabbro, nepheline gneiss, syenite and granite pegmatite form an embayment in the NW contact of the Green Mountain metagabbro. Dykes are 20-130 ft wide and exposed over 725 ft.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Contains | ||
| Gabbro | 3 | Metagabbro | Contains | |
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 4 | Contains | ||
| Syenite | 5 | Contains | ||
| Pegmatite | 6 | Granite | Contains | |
| Gabbro | 7 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Bastnaesite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 23, 2017 (A Wilson) - Mineral collecting location : bastnaesite, uranothorite, allanite, tourmaline, titanite, calcite, clinopyroxene, pyrite, scapolite, apatite. Samples assayed up to 0.34 % U3O8 in the trenches
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 80-81 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 138-142 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
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: 23 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Bancroft-Parry Sound Area and Southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 92-93 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 122 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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