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Record: MDI41N07SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) MacGregor Cove - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Peever

Latitude: 47° 18' 3.9"    Longitude: -84° 34' 43.62"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 683033.567   Northing: 5241466.357    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N07SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 700 metres north of the south boundary of Lake Superior Provincial Park, 550 metres west of Highway 17.



Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactive diabase dike near / at contact with granite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PitchblendeEconomicOre
2UraniniteEconomicOre
3AllaniteEconomicOre
4EllsworthiteEconomicOre
1CalciteEconomicGangue
2HematiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 128  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: 17-18  Date: 1968

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Journal - A genetic classification of Canadian uranium deposits; The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 6, part 2

Publication Number: CanMin v.6 Page: 182  Date: 1958

Author: Robinson, S.C.

Publisher Name: The Canadian Mineralogist

Location:


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 146  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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