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Record: MDI31D16NE00185

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A.L. Kemp - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Dec-29
Date Last Modified 2022-May-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Anstruther

Latitude: 44° 53' 45.3"    Longitude: -78° 9' 38.49"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 724186.043   Northing: 4975310.485    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Apsley, travel north on Hwy 28 for approximately 12 km to the Eels Lake cottage access road. Proceed northwesterly to its terminus at Eels lake. Access to the site is by boat.



Exploration History

1957 - geiger counter survey was conducted by unknown persons. 5 diamond drill holes totalling 360.1 m were put down within concession XVIII, south part of lot 34 by A.L. Kemp, on behalf of Nathan Allen, as well as 2 holes totalling 162.2 m within concession XVII, the north half of lot 33. 24 trenches were dug and bulldozed stripping was carried out. An adit was started about 46 m north of the shoreline of Eels Lake and driven north for a distance of 68.6 m (Field, 1958 pg. 145).




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Uranium mineralization in pegmatite dikes and sills of epigenetic origin.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mining operations in 1957

Publication Number: ARV67-02 Page: 145  Date: 1997

Author: Field D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 55  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: 55-56  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Some radioactive mineral occurrences in the counties or districts of Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Peterborough, and Renfrew

Publication Number: OFR5057 Page: 71-72  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 183-4  Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1985, mine hazard report

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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