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Record: MDI31D09NE00042

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pole Star - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1982-Jan-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Burleigh

Latitude: 44° 44' 8.52"    Longitude: -78° 7' 48.88"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 727219.104   Northing: 4957597.319    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Apsley, travel 1.6 km south of Hwy 28, then west by gravel and bush roads for 1.1 km to site.



Exploration History

1954: part of block held by Pole Star Mines Limited. Surface geiger counter survey, geological mapping and diamond drilling (21 holes totalling 2,561.2 feet). 1955 - was acquired by Newkirk Mining Corp. Ltd. 1967 - optioned to Glenn Explorations Ltd. 1969: Glenn Expl. name changed to Camindex Mines Limited. 1975: property was acquired by Brian C. Asbury of Toronto. (DEMR, 1978 MMI Card 31D/9 U2).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
12 31D09NE0025 31D09NE0025



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5AllaniteEconomicOre
10MagnetiteEconomicOre
15MelanoceriteEconomicOre
20PyriteEconomicOre
25TitaniteEconomicOre
30UraniniteEconomicOre
35UranothoriteEconomicOre
40ZirconEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Pole Star 1954 Unclassified 368418 OFR5311 p.471 Uranium 28 oz/T

References

Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 236, 375  Date: 1980

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 158-159  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., 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:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 56-57  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 447, 471  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 199-200  Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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