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MDI31F04SW00037
| Record Name(s) | Faraday - 1984, Madawaska - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Apr-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 1' 14.96" Longitude: -77° 55' 30.11"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 269546.361 Northing: 4989426.254 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Uranium property symbol 42 just north of NE-end of Bow Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The mine road is on the north side of Highway #28 (south), 7.7 km south of Bancroft.
Work by Faraday Uranium Mines Limited. 1949-53: Stripping, trenching, geological mapping, bulk sampling, 66 drill holes for 13874 feet, ground and airborne scintillometer surveys. 1954-64: Underground work included sinking shaft and drifting, cross-cuts and raises. 2998 ddh for 457, 365 feet. 1400 t.p.d. mill operated from April, 1957 to June 1964. 1967-69: Dewatering of mine, underground development; additional ddh for 28,042 feet. 1976: Production resumed in August. 1977: Diamond drilling between Madawaska and Greyhawk Mines. 1979: Production at mill capacity, 1500 t.p.d. 1982: Madawaska Mines Limited ceased production on July 12th, 1982, because their major buyer, AGIP, the Italian energy company, cancelled its contract.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegmatite | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Cyrtolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Euxenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Thorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Uranophane | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 11 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 12 | Zircon | Economic | Ore |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday | 1976 | Proven | 1023086 | MDC 23, 1981, P60 | 0.145% U3O8 | Uranium .145 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 4535000 |
Uranium 9492171 Pounds |
MDI, Uranium in Ontario, December 2005. | 9,492,171 pounds U3O8 produced. |
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 108-116 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: 37-38 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2210 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC023 Page: 58-61 Date: 1981
Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 221-223 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: 19-20, 22 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 388-404 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 120 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, Regional and Resident Geologists, 1982
Publication Number: MP107 Page: 175 Date: 1983
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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