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Record: MDI41N02NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mosher-Byles Group - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Slater

Latitude: 47° 9' 57.59"    Longitude: -84° 41' 33.07"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 674880   Northing: 5226194    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N02NE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 100 metres east of Highway 17, 1.25 kilometres north of the south boundary of Rankin Mining Location.



Exploration History

pre-1952:A.C. Mosher and G. Byles – prospecting, sampling. 1965: Ontario Department of Highways – seismic survey. 1977: Moncreiff Uranium Mines – mapping, soil sampling, scintillometer survey, EM survey, DD-1-1400 ft. 2007: Starfire Minerals Inc. – magnetic, EM and radiometric airborne survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Slater 0015A1/2.2540 41N02NE0037 41N02NE0037
2.37938 20000003073 20000003073
Slater 0023A1 20000004977 20000004977
Rix 0012 41N02NE0042 41N02NE0042
Slater 0021/2.2510 41N02NE0038 41N02NE0038

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mudstone 1 Shale Hanging Wall
Granite 2 Adjacent
Diabase 3 Diabase Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Pitchblende was reported to have been found near a contact of a diabase dyke with granite. The locality being 100 ft from the Montreal River highway at mileage 70.5.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PitchblendeEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - A sample from this occurrence assayed 0.42% U3O8.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Discordant

References

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

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 130  Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 53  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: 46  Date: 1984

Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 142  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Montreal River area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: M1955-01 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Nuffield E.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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