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Record: MDI31D16NW00276

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G. Keller Property - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 57' 31.21"    Longitude: -78° 16' 18.25"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 715183.7   Northing: 4981980.48    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NE, 31D16NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.5 km north of Hotspur.



Exploration History

1979: Western Mines Ltd. – airborne geophysical survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.3081 31D16NW0008 31D16NW0008

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Hornblende Host
Pegmatite 2 Granite Host

Mineralization Comments

Feb 04, 2017 (D Laidlaw) - Two samples of coarse granitic material collected by G. Keller showed 0.05% and 0.25% U3O8 (radiometric).



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Scale:     Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Scale:     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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