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MDI31D16NE00144
| Record Name(s) | Saranac (Zircon Showing) - 1954 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium, Zircon
Township or Area: Monmouth
Latitude: 44° 58' 30.85" Longitude: -78° 14' 34.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 717400 Northing: 4983898 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The showing is in the south half of lot 24, concession 10, 0.6 km south of Hwy. 503.
1954-56: Saranac Uranium Mines Ltd. - scintillometer survey, stripping, trenching, DD-10-1212 ft. 1973-75: Imperial Oil Limited - geological survey, scintillometer survey, radiometric survey. 1988-89: Saranac Resources Ltd.- performed geophysical and geological surveys over the property; scintillometer survey, stripping, trenching, DD-10-1212 ft. 1997: Sharpmin Developments Incorporated performed a ground radiometric geophysical survey, trenched and sampled on the claim. 2005: El Nino Ventures Inc. - backhoe stripping, scintillometer survey, radioactivity, assays. 2000: Sharpmin Developments Incorporated - trenching, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.11789 Saranac Resources Ltd. | 31D16NE0005 | 31D16NE0005 |
| 2.18011 Saranac Resources Ltd. | 31D16NE0041 | 31D16NE0041 |
| 2.20361 Saranac Resources Ltd. | 31D16NE2001 | 31D16NE2001 |
| 2.1899 Imperial Oil Ltd. | 31D16NE0021 | 31D16NE0021 |
| 2.31943 | 20000001270 | 20000001270 |
| 2.2754 R.H. Morse and Associates | 31D16NE0009 | 31D16NE0009 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Granite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Skarn | Contains | |
| Marble | 3 | Contains |
Feb 01, 2017 (A Wilson) - – The pegmatite is a zircon-thorite-albite bearing white pegmatite exposed for 30 m in an open cut. Marble country rock strikes N15ºE and dips 28-40º E. Radioactivity occurs within a concordant sill of thorite-zircon-albite leucogranite and within skarn bands in the marble.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Thorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Goethite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 11 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 12 | Titanite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 01, 2017 (A Wilson) - The highest assay returned from the sampling program was 3.02% U3O8 and 0.05% ThO2. The zone contains an average concentration of 15-20% zircon. A grab sample assayed 0.298% U3O8 and 2.10% ThO2. Geiger readings average 25-50 times background. Drilling indicates that mineralization does not continue down-dip.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 457.2 | 2.43 |
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 188-192 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 123 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 255, 283, 294 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 152 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 102-103 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 56 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 31-32 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County
Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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