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Record: MDI31F12SW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lake Property - 1948, Lake Quarry - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1985-Dec-05
Date Last Modified 2023-Jun-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements



Location

Township or Area: Dickens

Latitude: 45° 31' 57.31"    Longitude: -77° 51' 56.7"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 276239   Northing: 5046112.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F12SW

Point Location Description: quarry

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From highway 60 take Spectacle Lake Road south for 600m. Feldspar muck is visible on embankment on right.



Exploration History

1948 : Opeongo Mining Co. - development, mining


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Feb 22, 2012 (C Papertzian) - A pegmatite dyke made up mostly of pink microcline with grey-white plagioclase and quartz.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MicroclineEconomicOre
2MonaziteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - Radioactivity averaged (in 42 samples) 0.084 % U3O8, is reported over a width of 30 ft and a length of 100 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Tabular 30 9
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1948 379 ARV58-02 p. 3 418 tons

References

Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 373  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 122-123, 159  Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948

Publication Number: ARV58-02 Page: 3  Date: 1997

Author: Williams I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 53  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


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

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 142  Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


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