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Record: MDI31D16NE00151

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Triton - 1955, Tetra - 1954
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 44° 53' 53.22"    Longitude: -78° 5' 34.13"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 729536.921   Northing: 4975744.75    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Pit in circle symbol ' E ' of property symbol ' 39 ', SW part of township.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1954 : geological and geiger surveys by Tetra Uranium Mines. 1955-6 : trenching and 16 DDH in Cardiff Twp in zones #1,2 and 3 by Triton Uranium Mines [ plus 1 DDH in Chandos Twp - #4 zone ]. See ' Triton ' in Chandos twp.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Tweed File Cardiff No. 16 / 63.523 31D16NE9433 31D16NE9433
24 31D16NE0446 31D16NE0446



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Syenite Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5AllaniteEconomicOre
10BiotiteEconomicOre
15HematiteEconomicOre
20UraniniteEconomicOre
25UranophaneEconomicOre
30UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 251  Date: 1962

Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 75-76  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 52  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 54  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 21-22  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 116  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1976, AFRO # 160, Cardiff

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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