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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31D16SE00056

Record: MDI31D16SE00056

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Triton-Britco-Tetra - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Dec-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-10
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Anstruther

Latitude: 44° 44' 17.25"    Longitude: -78° 14' 12.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 718762.045   Northing: 4957574.345    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NE, 31D16SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Apsley, access is by bush road west from Hwy 28 to within 2.4 km and then by overland traverse to Anstruther Lake.



Exploration History

1955 - claim group held by Triton Uranium Mines Limited, Britco Oil Co. Ltd., and Tetra Uranium Mines Limited, geological and scintillometer surveys performed. (ODM, 1955 File No. 63A.287).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63A.287 31D16SE0044 31D16SE0044



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. (OFR 5635).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ZirconEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 161-2  Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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