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Record: MDI31D16SW00097

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Drude (Picard Lake) - 1955, Picard Lake Group - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Jan-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 46' 52.22"    Longitude: -78° 22' 25.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 707782.63   Northing: 4961997.5    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SW

Point Location Description: DDH SW of the most northerly property symbol, ' 8 '.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From Buckhorn travel north on Hwy 507 for about 29 km. The site is located 0.8 km west of this point.



Exploration History

1955-56 : Drude Uranium Mines Ltd. :.scintillometer and geological surveys, stripping, trenching and 2 DDH ( 1,079 ft ). 1969: Louvicourt Goldfields Corporation – magnetometer and scintillometer surveys; DD-3-229.2 m. 2007: Regis Resources Inc. - reclamation


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.2258 31D16SW9000 31D16SW9000
14 31D16SW8561 31D16SW8561
2.41805 20000004247 20000004247

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite, Leucogranite Contains
Pegmatite 2 Is
Marble 3 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - The pegmatites cut granitized biotite gneiss and hornblende gneiss that strike 350º to 20º, and dip 40 to 70º west. The main radioactive mineralization within the north half of lot 21,concession 11 is contained in a mass of leucogranite or granite pegmatite with an exposed length of 61m.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2AllaniteEconomicOre
3UranothoriteEconomicOre
4FluoriteEconomicOre
5ThoriteEconomicOre
6UraniniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is is associated with hematized fractures in leucogranite, granite pegmatite and graphic granite with accessory magnetite, allanite, and uranothorite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - SMDR # 000354

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 2000

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Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6229 Scale:     Date: 2012

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township and Environs, Grenville Province

Publication Number: P3605 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2010

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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