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Record: MDI31E01SE00225

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bancroft - 1955, Cardiff Property - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-09
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Fluorite



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 3' 40.22"    Longitude: -78° 11' 41.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 720859.997   Northing: 4993574.633    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Circle symbol just SE of property symbol ' 3 ', NW corner of township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The occurrence is within 1,000 ft S of the CNR tracks, S of Lower Cardiff Lake. Satterly, 1956 : 2 showings : First is 2.8 ml E of Wilberforce Station on the N side of the road ( on the right-of-way of old Hwy 500 ). Second is 300 ft S of the old road and old Hwy 500, on the slope of a hill in a clearing at N70E; 300 ft long by 50 ft wide. 3 ml E of Wilberforce Station.



Exploration History

1955-6: stripping, blasting and pitting, mainly on S half of lot 5, con 22, between Lower Cardiff Lake and Hwy 648 - by Bancroft Uranium Mines.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Syenite Pgmt Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5AllaniteEconomicOre
10FluoriteEconomicOre
15TitaniteEconomicOre
20UranothoriteEconomicOre
25ZirconEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 254  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


Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 404,433  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 65  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 29  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 9-10  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 116  Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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