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| Record Name(s) | McWilliams (Loom Lake) - 2000, McWilliams - 2000, Loom Lake Showing - 2000, Loom Lake - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Galway
Latitude: 44° 44' 35.37" Longitude: -78° 27' 22.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 701381.55 Northing: 4957567.081 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NW
Point Location Description: SE corner of lot 30, con 9.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Buckhorn travel N on Hwy 36 for 6 km to Hwy 507, then N on it for 9 km to a township road. Follow this road NW for about 14 km and the showing is about 1 km NE of this.
1956 : C.A. McWilliams optioned the property (actually 2 showings, the other being the 'Limestone Showing' on lot 27, con 8) to Newkirk Mining Corp Ltd who put in 6 trenches (700 ft) and 8 DDH (2,038 ft) on these lots. Satterly (OGS) carried out a geiger survey (readings 3-30 x bkd) at this time. See also ' McWilliams ', MDI31D09NW00068 (Limestone Showing).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 31D09NW0001 | 31D09NW0001 |
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Uraninite mineralization within leucosyenite or biotite syenite gneisses. Geiger readings mostly low and erratic, assays in core from 0.001 to 0.01 % U3O8, and 0.04 % U3O8 in a trench.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Syenite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Synt Gneiss | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore |
Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 261 Date: 1962
Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 172 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 63 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: 494 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: 234-5 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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