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| Record Name(s) | Fairley Red Lake Occurrence - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium, Rare Earth Elements
Township or Area: Monmouth
Latitude: 44° 53' 43.22" Longitude: -78° 18' 28.21"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 712570 Northing: 4974850 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: North half of lot 4 concession 3.
1955-56: Fairley Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd./A. H. Sovereign - surface work and shallow drilling by on Sovereign property; scintillometer survey; one 20-foot trench and DD-8-548.5 ft. Circa 1962: Cassiar Rainbow Gold Mines Ltd. 1969: Gaslight Petroleum Ltd.: geology, radiometrics, geochemistry; DD-48-11,139 ft.; bulk sample. 2010: 2146281 Ontario Ltd. - DD-52-3664 m; assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 31D16NW0029 | 31D16NW0029 |
| 2.4757 | 31D16NW0004 | 31D16NW0004 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Gneissic | Contains | |
| Marble | 3 | Intrudes |
Feb 03, 2017 (A Wilson) - Radioactive leucogranite with pegmatitic patches cuts amphibolite. Trenching exposes a 200-foot width of granite which has been traced over 800 feet in length.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Uranophane | Economic | Ore |
Feb 03, 2017 (A Wilson) - Geiger counter readings in the trench were 20x-30x with lows of 10x-14x in the leached zone. A narrow sheared zone of leucogranite, 2-4 inches thick near the trench strikes N66ºE and dips 50ºSE. It is exposed for a length of 50 ft. and gave Geiger readings of 8x-14x.
Publication - Canadian Deposits of Uranium and Thorium (Second Edition); Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 270 Date: 1962
Author: Lang, A. H., Griffith, J.W. and 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: 88-89 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 29 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 157-159 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: OFR5311 Page: 137 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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