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Record: MDI31F04SW00234

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) York River (B, F, G Zones) - 1957, York River Uranium Mines - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Apr-25
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 3' 27.07"    Longitude: -77° 52' 34.46"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 273535.391   Northing: 4993365.324    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' B47 ' just N of Hwy 28 and W of Bancroft, lot 4, con B.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: All zones are accessible by short walks (< 0.5 km) from local roads.



Exploration History

1957 : York River Uranium Mines - stripping and trenching, mainly on D, B and G Zones, and drilling on the D Zone. 1977 : Inco Metals Ltd (Canadian Nickel Mines Ltd) carried out geological and geophysical surveys and minor drilling on the D, E and G Zones.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Widespread but erratic mineralization in pegmatites up to 2 m wide but generally < 0.5 m wide. Showings S of the Faraday Granite are spatially associated with 2 stratagraphic, and possibly structural, horizons. These are typefied by the B and G Zones. See OGS, 1981 for a detailed description.




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
5PyrochloreEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Some radioactive mineral occurrences in the counties or districts of Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Peterborough, and Renfrew

Publication Number: OFR5057 Page: 21-3  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 64  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 39-40  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC023 Page: 64-71  Date: 1981

Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 290  Date: 1980

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


File - Resident Geologist files 1957, AFRO # 27

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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