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| Record Name(s) | United Macfie - 1982, Macfie Explorations Ltd. - 1956 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Cavendish, Cavendish, Cavendish
Latitude: 44° 43' 12.82" Longitude: -78° 22' 48.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 707480 Northing: 4955211.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NW
Point Location Description: DDH just south of the most northerly property symbol, ' 18 '.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: From Buckhorn travel 16 km north on Hwy 507 . The site is about 3.2 km west of this point.
1955-56 : Macfie Exlorations Ltd:.pits and 21 DDH ( 5,001 ft.); shallow test pits and DD-8-2006 ft. north of the Squaw River; in the south half of lot 8 Concession 4 8-DDH-1917 ft.; on the south half of lot 5 concession 4 DD-5-1087. 1968-9 : Louvicourt Goldfields Corp. - mag and scint surveys ( option ).1969: Herbert McKay – trenching. 1969: David McKay – trenching. 1969: Louvicourt Goldfields Corp. – DD-6-1192 ft. 1976: R.W. Drude – airborne radiometric survey. 1992: F. Archibald – VLF-EM survey; magnetometer survey; soil sampling. 2006-2009: Regis Resources Inc. – Auger drilling, trenching, sampling, assays
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Cavendish #8/21 | 31D09NW8568 | 31D09NW8568 |
| 2.2258 | 31D16SW9000 | 31D16SW9000 |
| Cavendish#28, W6909-00061 | 31D16SW5038 | 31D16SW5038 |
| Cavendish #29, W6909-00072 | 31D16SW5037 | 31D16SW5037 |
| Cavendish #45 | ||
| 2.3378 | 41P09NW0011 | 41P09NW0011 |
| OP92-264 | 31D09NW0015 | 31D09NW0015 |
| 2.41738 | 20000004208 | 20000004208 |
| 2.32953 | 20000001571 | 20000001571 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains | ||
| Paragneiss | 3 | Biotite | Adjacent | |
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 4 | Pyroxene, Horneblende | Adjacent |
Jan 12, 2017 (A Wilson) - The main showing consists of three north-striking pink pegmatitic leucogranite bodies intruding biotite paragneiss and pyroxene-hornblende gneiss, striking N60E and dipping 60SE. Pegmatite bodies range in size up to 200 by 500 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Garnet | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Martite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 12, 2017 (A Wilson) - Assays from the Louvicourt Goldfields Corporation drilling returned assays ranging from 0.01% U2 O8 over 2 feet to 0.15% U3 O8 over 2 feet.
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province
Publication Number: OFR6229 Date: 2012
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 61 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 166 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, 65 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 487 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: 207-208 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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
Location:
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