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Record: MDI31D09NW00079

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Drude Uranium Mines - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Oct-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Thorium, Rare Earth Elements



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish, Cavendish, Harvey, Harvey

Latitude: 44° 41' 4.22"    Longitude: -78° 23' 49.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 706280.35   Northing: 4951200.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NW

Point Location Description: Point 2.75 km southwest of Mountain Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Claims are at least 1 mile past the end of a 4 x 4 road that leads west from the Buckhorn road.



Exploration History

1955 : Drude Uranium Mines Ltd. - geology and scintillometer surveys


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Cavendish#11/63.744 31D09SW0001 31D09SW0001



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Paragneiss 1 Biotite Host
Limestone 2 Crystalline Adjacent
Pegmatite 3 Crystalline Footwall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UraniniteEconomicOre
2ThoriteEconomicOre
3UranothoriteEconomicOre
4GummiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 19, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - Claims (E0-16153 and E0-16152) contain a large number of pegmatites which appear favourable for the presence of mineralization containing sections with concentrations of more than 0.10% U3O8 (Assessment report 31D09SW0001).



Mineral Record Details

References

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

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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

Location:


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