Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Roland Lake occurrence - 1909 |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium, Rare Earth Elements
Township or Area: Graydon
Latitude: 49° 15' 58.38" Longitude: -88° 35' 19.48"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 384418 Northing: 5458265 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52H07SE
Point Location Description: On Church Road system south of Roland Lake.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Accessible via a logging road south of Roland Lake
This showing was identified by A.P. Coleman in 1909 and then again by J.F. Scott in 2001. No assessment reports with exploration on this showing have been filed.
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Hematite Breccia Zone | Host |
Jan 22, 2018 (J Scott) - Hematite breccia zone beside road.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 23, 2011 (J Scott) - Hematized granitic rock associated with regional faults. Radioactive.
Jan 22, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Samples collected by Scott (2002) returned assays of 270-1040 ppm Ba, 25.6-80.7 ppm Ce, 1.48-9.08% Fe, 11.5-39.0 ppm La, 9.8-42.4 ppm Th, and 1.8-16.2 ppm U.
Date: Jun 01, 2017
Geologist: J Scott
Notes: J.F. Scott collected 3 samples.
Mono - Report of Activities 2001, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay South Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay South District
Publication Number: OFR6081 Date: 2002
Author: Schnieders B.R., Scott J.F., Smyk M.C., Parker D.P., O'Brien M.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Black Sturgeon iron region
Publication Number: ARV18-01.005 Page: 163-179 Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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