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| Record Name(s) | Ascot Metals Corp. - 1954 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2009-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: McDougall
Latitude: 45° 22' 49.8" Longitude: -80° 3' 25.67"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 573819 Northing: 5025653 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H08NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1956: Trio Uranium Mines Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, trenching, DD 23 holes (2300 ft)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Para Gneiss | Contains |
Jan 08, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as three prominent ridges separated by flat open fields. Remnant K-spar crystals up to 50 cm in diameter occur within a mass of broken plagioclase, quartz and minor biotite. The dikes trend roughly N70°E and range from 7 to 20 feet in width.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uranophane | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 08, 2009 (A Wilson) - The best drill intersections returned 0.119% U3O8 over 3.5 feet and 0.139% U3O8 over 3.0 feet. A 1.2 foot section of drill core returned 1.22% U3O8 . The thorium content of the core is very low. Radioactivity from the middle pegmatite vein returned values up to 60,000 cpm.
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Some radioactive mineral occurrences in the counties or districts of Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Peterborough, and Renfrew
Publication Number: OFR5057 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Mono - Mineral deposits studies in the Huntsville-Parry Sound-Powassan area, a progress report
Publication Number: OFR5647 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Marmont C., Johnston M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Precambrian Geology, Parry Sound Area
Publication Number: P3550 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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