Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | C. Giles Property - 1987, L.S. Winch - 1962 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Jun-28 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Snowdon
Latitude: 44° 49' 34.29" Longitude: -78° 35' 58.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 689763 Northing: 4966446.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D15SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 3.0 km NW of Birchbark Lake.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Syenite | Host |
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Jan 11, 2017 (A Wilson) - The lithology is a syenite pegmatite dike intrusive into gneiss of the Kinmount Lithodeme, Glamorgan Gneiss Complex.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Thorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 11, 2017 (A Wilson) - Field party personnel recorded U plus Th scintillometer readings 15 to 30 times background from this property. The occurrence is likely localized, as it does not register on the airborne gamma-ray spectrometric survey. Uraninite and thorite occur in granitic pegmatites.
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1 | Pegmatite |
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 278 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 33 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 33 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 209 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties
Publication Number: OFR5639 Page: 103 Date: 1987
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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