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| Record Name(s) | Cavendish Prospect - 1954, Cavendish Mine - 1954, Amalgamated Rare Earth Mineral Corporation - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Cavendish
Latitude: 44° 47' 39.61" Longitude: -78° 25' 12.51"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 704059 Northing: 4963342 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NW, 31D16SW
Point Location Description: Shaft near south property symbol ' S1 ', west of Catchacoma Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From Buckhorn travel north on Hwy 507 for 25.6 km. The main mine is located 1 km west of this point.
1954-56: Cavendish Uranium and Mining Company Limited - magnetometer survey, pitting, DD-90-63,210 ft.; vertical 88 ft. shaft with a level at 70 ft.; level at 70 ft; 1515 ft. of lateral work; 5634 ft UG drilling 1957:Amalgamated Rare Earth Mines Limited.- feasibility studies. 1967: Asarco Exploration Company of Canada Limited - feasibility studies, DD-13-1713 ft. 1975: Imperial Oil Limited - mapping, DD.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Cavendish #1/63.522/ Cavendish Uranium and Mining | 31D16SW8548 | 31D16SW8548 |
| Regis Resources Inc. /2.30739 | 20000000801 | 20000000801 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Amphibolite-Biotite | Host |
Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - The main, or south showings located on lots 14 and 15 concession 7 lie within flat lying pegmatite dikes which strike north and dip flatly east. The dikes intrude paragneisses that are well banded amphibolite-biotite gneiss. The uranium-bearing pegmatites range from 6.1 to 12.2 m thick and are composed of pink feldspar crystals with graphic intergrouwths of quartz.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Thorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Cyrtolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - Recent samples taken from the property by the OGS returned assays ranging from 197 U and 139 Th to 346 U and 247 Th.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Cavendish | 1954 | Unclassified | 395192 | average grade of 0.096 % U3O8 | Uranium 0.096 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 395192 | MDI | PROVEN, PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE |
File - Resident Geologist files Cavendish #36, 38, 39, 50, 59
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP office
Publication - Niobium (Columbium) deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 18
Publication Number: GSC EGR 18 Page: 92 Date: 1958
Author: Rowe, R. B.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102452
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 476-477 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 55, 65 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 213-214 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Cavendish Township (southern part), Peterborough County, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2421 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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