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| Record Name(s) | Drude (Higgins Lake) Occurrence - 1955, North Group Drude Occurrence - 1955 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2016-Oct-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Secondary Commodities: Zircon, Magnetite
Township or Area: Cavendish
Latitude: 44° 46' 14.42" Longitude: -78° 21' 54.67"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 708491 Northing: 4960853 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16SW
Point Location Description: DDH just north of property symbol ' 7 '.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Buckhorn travel 27.1 km north on Hwy 507.
1955: Drude Uranium Mines - scintillometer and geological surveys, trenching and DDH-5-1925 ft. 1968: Briar Court Mines Limited – pitting, sampling. 1969: Louvicourt Goldfields Corporation – magnetometer and scintillometer surveys and DD-3-229.2 m. 1970: R.W. Drude – DD-2-683 ft. 1975-77: R.W. Drude- geophysical survey; trenching and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Cavendish #3/63.727/Drude Uranium Mines Ltd. | 31D16SW8547 | 31D16SW8547 |
| 27 | 31D16SW8551 | 31D16SW8551 |
| 63.2421 | 31D16NW8543 | 31D16NW8543 |
| 2.2354 | 31D16SW8537 | 31D16SW8537 |
| 2.2258 | 31D16SW9000 | 31D16SW9000 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Leucogranite | Contains |
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| Pegmatite | 2 | Granitic Pegmatite | Contains |
Jan 18, 2017 (A Wilson) - The granite pegmatite mass has an exposed width of 33.5 m, with the west side being in contact with diopside rock. In the north half of lot 16 concession 9, the radioactive mineralization is located within a red to deep brick-red leucogranite with pegmatitic patches.
| 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 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 18, 2017 (A Wilson) - Assays ranged from 0.03% U3O8 to 0.12% U3O8. One drill core sample assayed 0.09% U3O8 over 0.5 ft. In 1977, assays on trench samples ranged from 0.004 to 0.171% U3O8.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Paleoplacer |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 219-220 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 480 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 60 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 55 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township and Environs, Grenville Province
Publication Number: P3605 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2010
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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