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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Delta Uranium - A195028 - 2008
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Nov-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Stetham

Latitude: 47° 45' 39.69"    Longitude: -81° 38' 41.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 451677   Northing: 5289941    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41P13SE

Point Location Description: Area south of the west arm of Kenetogami Lake.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Easy access is possible via the Kenetogami Lake bush road which turns north off highway 144 some 10km east of Gogama.



Exploration History

1967 – Elieff, N.: prospecting. 1968 – Jonsmith Mines: DD – 13 – 1681m, Assays. 1969 - Jonsmith Mines: trenching, stripping. 1970 - Jonsmith Mines: DD – 4 – 156m. 1976 - Beach Gold Mines: airborne radiometric survey, ground radiometric survey, prospecting program. 1977 – Beach Gold Mines: DD – 13 – 1681m. 1980 - Beech GML: radon gas survey. 1982 - Beech GML: magnetic and electromagnetic survey. 2006 – Delta Uranium Inc.: AMag, AEM, ARAD. 2008 – Delta Uranium Inc.: assays, prospecting.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1755 / 2.2131 41P13SE0005 41P13SE0005
T-1893 / 2.2505 41P14NW0352 41P14NW0352
T-2188 / 41P13SE0011 41P13SE0011
T-5668 / 2.37333 20000002722 20000002722
T-5941 / 2.40754 20000003951 20000003951

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2660 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384D



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Pegmatite 2 Granite Pegmatite Host
Amphibolite 3 Amphibolite Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 22, 2012 (P Bousquet) - Bedrock outcrop was noted to be pink to red coloured granitic and migmatite rock with areas of pegmatite. In general, milky quartz veins were noted in the granitic rock however, smoky quartz was occasionally seen in areas of pegmatite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UraniniteEconomicGangue
2PitchblendeEconomicGangue
3GummiteEconomicGangue
HematiteAlterationHematization1MediumDisseminated
ChloriteAlterationChloritic2WeakDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Nov 22, 2012 (P Bousquet) - Sample A195028 taken from that area returned an assay of 307 ppm U3O8 (T-5941).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Disseminated
1 Vein

References

Map - Gogama sheet, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0151 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Savage W.S., Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Mattagami Lake, Ontario

Publication Number: OF 3384D Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210452


Map - Timmins-Kirkland Lake, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts

Publication Number: M2205 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1973

Author: Pyke D.R., Ayres L.D., Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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: 41P-78  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 83-84  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: 114  Date: 1984

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 488-489  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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