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Record: MDI31F03NW00066

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Henderson Uranium Showing 1 - 1956, Claim E.O. 18079 - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-May-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Raglan

Latitude: 45° 13' 36.52"    Longitude: -77° 25' 16.97"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 309912.996   Northing: 5010999.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F03NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The marble is exposed in a road cut on the eastern side of Highway 514 just north of the village of Schutt.



Exploration History

1954: Stripping and trenching by Henderson Uranium Mines Limited. 1955-56: E. Marquardt and C. Marquardt: stripping and trenching. 1956: Geological, scintillometer and magnetometer surveys, and blasting and stripping by Geo-Technical Development Company Limited on the Henderson Uranium property. 1958: Geological, geiger and scintillometer surveys, and four drill holes totalling 161 feet by J. J. Harris. 1968: Some trenching and drilling of 11 holes for 3,085 feet by Merland Oil Company of Canada Limited. 2008: Melkior Resources Inc.: prospecting, stripping, assays. 2009-2010: First Nickel Inc. and Pacific North West Capital Corp. -DD, DGp, mapping, prospecting, ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Tweed file Raglan #11 31F03NW9492 31F03NW9492
Tweed file Raglan #17 31F03NW9409 31F03NW9409
Tweed file Raglan #9 / 63.798 31F03NW9416 31F03NW9416
Raglan File 35 / 2.47083 20000006064 20000006064

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granite Host
Paragneiss 2 Sheared Contains

Lithology Comments

Jul 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of two parallel zones of shearing and brecciation. The more westerly shear assumes a width of 25 feet, and is heavily biotitized in streaks. The easterly shear has a width of 10 feet where exposed.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UraniniteEconomicOre
2UranophaneEconomicOre
3UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Henderson ranged from 0.035% to 0.079% U3O8. A selected grab sample returned 0.28% U3O8.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

File - Resident Geologist file Raglan #12

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Location: Tweed RGP office


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 550  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario

Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Denbigh Area

Publication Number: P3437 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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