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MDI41J08NW00061
| Record Name(s) | Whiskey - 1968, J.A. Pousette - 1991, Rum Point - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Gaiashk
Latitude: 46° 23' 57.29" Longitude: -82° 20' 47.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 396495.461 Northing: 5139289.02 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J08NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 400 metres south east of southern Whiskey Lake, 1.9 kilometres west of the east boundary of Gaiashk Township.
1954: 1 d.d. to 180 feet by British Columbia Explorers Ltd. 1 d.d. to 133 feet by Grand Chiboughgamau Mines Ltd. 1955: 1 d.d. hole to 553 feet by Panel Consolidated Uranium Mines Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Gaiashk-0018-A1 | 41J08NW0081 | 41J08NW0081 |
| Gaiashk-0012-A1 | 41J08NW0101 | 41J08NW0101 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactive pyritic conglomerate intersected in drilling.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Brannerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Monazite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Rum Point | 1977 | Unclassified | 1 | MR 223 | 400' X 17' @ 0.66 lb/t U3O8 | Uranium 330 g/t |
Map - Township 137, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M2003 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of townships 137 and 138, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R010 Page: 73-74, 78 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 28-29 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 21-22 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1989; Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, Mineral Bulletin MR 223
Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Location:
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