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Record: MDI31E01SE00233

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cardiff (South Zone) - 1984, Cardiff Uranium Mines - 2000, Cardiff Fluorite Mines - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Sep-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Fluorite

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 1' 7.22"    Longitude: -78° 11' 49.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 720848.575   Northing: 4988847.336    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Shaft symbol just E of property symbol ' 9 ' in Lot A, Con 17.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Wilberforce take Hwy 648 S. Take turnoff at Windermere Lake and go 1 ml E on gravel road to mine.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Paragneiss 1 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10BiotiteEconomicOre
15CalciteEconomicOre
20FluoriteEconomicOre
25MolybdeniteEconomicOre
30UraniniteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 94  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 46-50  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: 43, 51, 56  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 63-65  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: 12  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: 78-79  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: P88,12,151,283  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1954-7, AFRO # 83, 84, 114

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


File - Resident Geologist Files 1977, AFRO # 184

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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