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| Record Name(s) | Nu-Cycle Uranium Mines Ltd. - 1955, Nu-World Uranium Mines Ltd. - 1955, Cam Mines - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Thorium, Uranium
Township or Area: Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 52' 55.54" Longitude: -78° 21' 34.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 708525.63 Northing: 4973244.36 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16SW
Point Location Description: Property symbol '3' at southwest end of Trooper Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access via a gravel road leading east off Hwy 507 about 2.0 km south of Gooderham.
Mineral location : zircons, peristerite, uranothorite, smokey quartz, allanite and more. 1955 : Nu-Cycle Uranium Mines Ltd put in 20 pits and trenches, carried out geology and scint surveys and put in 21 DDH (4,309 ft). 1968 : Cam Mines Ltd optioned these lots and carried out a scintillometer reconnaissance survey and collected grab samples. Over 30 zones had already been recognized.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Showings are on lots 26-28, con 2, within a large body of gabbro. Granite and granite pegmatite contain erratically- distributed mineralization. Uranothorite, allanite and zircon are present. See AR 65 PT 6 (1956) for a description of the workings. The best DDH was on lot 28NE, con 2 - a number of narrow intersections ranging up to 0.247 % U3O8 over 1.5 ft.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Contains |
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| Granite | 2 | Granite | Contains | |
| Gabbro | 3 | Metagabbro | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Thorite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 22, 2017 (A Wilson) - Radioactive minerals are distributed erratically throughout the granite and granite pegmatite bodies. They are usually associated with magnetite, biotite or pyroxene. The best drill core intersection assayed 0.42% U3O2 over 2 ft.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 78-80 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: 23 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: 133-138 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: 121 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Glamorgan Township, Haliburton County
Publication Number: M2173 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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