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MDI41N07SE00009
| Record Name(s) | D.L. McDevitt - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Labonte
Latitude: 47° 19' 42.4" Longitude: -84° 34' 21.24"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 683408.658 Northing: 5244521.401 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N07SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 1.85 kilometres north of the south boundary of Labonte Township, 3.05 kilometres east of the west township boundary within Lake Superior Provincial Park.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Labonte-0013-A1 | 41N07SE0014 | 41N07SE0014 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactivity within fracture zones in pegmatite in Early Precambrian granite / syenite complex. All the rocks are exposed in a 100 to 200 foot high vertical scarp. No. 1 showing consists of a branching fracture, striking N75E and dipping 70 N in red pegmatite. The fracture is exposed for a length of 20 feet and is from 12 to 18 inches wide. A sample acroos 18 inches assayed 0.10 % U3O8. No. 2 showing consists of a single, flat dipping fracture in grey pegmatite. Near the fracture there is a band of course-grained biotite mica that is partly chloritized and is radioactive. No. 3 showing consists of uranium oxide stain on light grey pegmatite. (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 62).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pitchblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gummite | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 18-19 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: 62 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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