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| Record Name(s) | Red Bark Mines Ltd. - 1954, Monmouth Property - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Monmouth, Monmouth
Latitude: 44° 57' 49.86" Longitude: -78° 20' 15.54"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 709966 Northing: 4982383 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the occurrence is by a secondary road leading west from Tory Hill and then north for .8 km. The town of Tory Hill, located at the junction of Hwys. 503 and 121, is about 4.8 km to the east.
1954: Red Bark Mines, Limited: performed stripping and drilled 11 holes for a total of 1847 feet. 1979: Western Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Monmouth #45/ 2.3081 | 31D16NW0008 | 31D16NW0008 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Granite | Gneiss | Contains |
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| Marble | 2 | Mica-Pyroxenite | Contains | |
| Pegmatite | 3 | Granitic | Intrudes |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - GENETIC CLASS SUBCLASS AND TYPE: ALSO CLASSIFIED AS PEGMATITE IGNEOUS.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hornblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - Geiger readings were 5x-10x. Minor occurrences of mica pyroxenite give spot high readings. A rusty-weathering pegmatite gave Geiger readings of 10x and spot highs of 20x. Uraninite in grains about 1/16 inches across is a rare accessory in the mica-pyroxene marble.
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - 1954: Red Dog Mines' assay results from 19 drill-core samples were low (most were below 0.05% U3O8 - radiometric).
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 181-183 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 30 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 99-100 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., 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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