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Record: MDI31D09NW00075

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ganymede Uranium Mines Ltd - 1955, Tory Hill Property - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Jan-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 44' 5.91"    Longitude: -78° 22' 6.51"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 708359   Northing: 4956879    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NW

Point Location Description: Trench symbol just northwest of the northerly property symbol ' 15 '.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Travel north of Buckhorn for 20 km on Hwy 507 and the site is 3.2km west of the road.



Exploration History

1955-57 : Ganymede Uranium Mines Ltd. 11 DDH -3989 ft; 4 DDH in N half of lot, 3 DDH in S half of lot. 1975:Imperial Oil Limited – geological survey, radiometric survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Tweed file 19 31D09NW8565 31D09NW8565
2.2002 31D09NW8543 31D09NW8543

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Pegmatite Intrudes
Marble 2 Contains
Paragneiss 3 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UranothoriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2017 (A Wilson) - Geiger counter readings were 1x-3x on the pegmatite with a spot high of 20x where uranothorite was noted.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Scale:     Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Book - NMI 31D09 U 14

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

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Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Cavendish Township (southern part), Peterborough County, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2421 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6229 Scale:     Date: 2012

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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