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| Record Name(s) | McWilliams (Limestone) - 2000, Limestone Showing - 2000, McWilliams - 2000, Lun-Echo - 2000, Limestone - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Galway
Latitude: 44° 43' 46.44" Longitude: -78° 27' 59.39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 700616.669 Northing: 4956032.079 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NW
Point Location Description: SE corner of lot 27, con 8.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Buckhorn travel N on Hwy 36 for 6 km to Hwy 507. Continue N on Hwy 507 for 9 km to a township road and travel W on it for about 13 km. The showing is 1 km W of the road, just SW of Loom Lake.
1956 : C.A. McWilliams optioned a block of 14 claims and 2 patented lots to F.R. Joubin and Newkirk Mining Corp Ltd. 2 showings were explored : Loom Lake (see MDI31D09NW00067, 'McWilliams') and Limestone (on this lot). At the Limestone showing 12 strippings and trenches expose 1,600 ft of marble. 1956 : on a property held by Lun Echo Gold Mines Ltd on adjoining lot 26, con 8, pyrochlore-microlite mineralization was recognised - no other information.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Radioactive mineralization in marble, associated with a biotite-rich zone. Geiger readings erratic (av 7 x background); an assay of 0.15 % U3O8 in the most southerly trench.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore |
Book - NMI # 506786, 31D09 U 12
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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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
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Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 232-233 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 533 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Niobium (Columbium) deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 18
Publication Number: Econ Geol 18 Page: 93 Date: 1958
Author: Rowe, R.B.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102452
Book - NMI # 510798, 31D/9 CB3
Publication Number: N/A Date: 2000
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MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 51 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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