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Record: MDI31E01SE00221

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Halo #1 Adit - 1984, Northwest Zone - 1984, Halo - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1984-May-24
Date Last Modified 2023-Jun-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Zircon, Ytterbium, Yttrium, Thorium, Molybdenum, Lanthanum, Gadolinium, Dysprosium, Cerium, Rare Earth Elements



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 1' 43.06"    Longitude: -78° 10' 47.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 722153   Northing: 4990000    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: AMIS Adit location

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1953 Hogan option to Stratmat. 1953-4 : Stratmat outlined 14 anomalies [ scint, geology, stripping and trenching ] and drilled [ in the Northwest Zone ]. 1955-6 : Halo Uranium Mines outlined the 2 zones, drilled and trenched and drove the 2 adits. A shaft was raised from the # 1 adit and more drifting carried out. 1957 : sold to Amalgamated Rare Earth Mines - in 1968 they carried out a rad survey, trenching and some rehabilitation of the adits. They drilled 10 DDH on Hall Lake Zone. 1973 : option to Imperial Oil who carried out a feasibility study.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63A.211 31E01SE0055 31E01SE0055
19 31E01SE0103 31E01SE0103
2.55810 20000008735 20000008735
63.3114 31E01SE9442 31E01SE9442
2.56301 20000014500 20000014500
2.57911 20000013605 20000013605
2.56835 20000014508 20000014508
2.57687 20000013522 20000013522
2.58405 20000015401 20000015401

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
5FluoriteEconomicOre
10MolybdeniteEconomicOre
15PyriteEconomicOre
20PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
25TourmalineEconomicOre
30TitaniteEconomicOre
35UraniniteEconomicOre
40UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Halo Prospect 1957 Unclassified 428191 OFR5311 p.96 Uranium 0.112 %

References

Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 59-63  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: 67-68  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: 8-9  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: 96-97  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: 114  Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1968-74, AFRO # 39, 58, 139

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


File - Resident Geologist files 1987-8, AFRO # 215, 222

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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