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Record: MDI31D15NE00069

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Miro Mines Ltd. - 1967
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Snowdon, Snowdon, Snowdon

Latitude: 44° 53' 47.18"    Longitude: -78° 34' 43.74"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 691170   Northing: 4974298    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: 4.5 km east-northeast of Gelert.



Exploration History

1968: Miro Mines Ltd. – radiometric survey, mapping, trenching, assaying


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Snowdon #2/63.2333 31D15NW0101 31D15NW0101

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Syenitic Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Tonalitic Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 06, 2017 (A Wilson) - The highest values reported by Miro Mines Limited was 0.82% U308,compared to a background level in the country rocks of 0.015% U308. A grab sample of the exposed pegmatite by one of the drill holes assayed 100 ppm Th and 860 ppm Zr, but no abnormal uranium values.



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5639 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5639 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Lochlin area, Haliburton County

Publication Number: P3071 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M., Van Kranendonk M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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