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| Record Name(s) | Higgins - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Dec-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Anstruther
Latitude: 44° 48' 3.01" Longitude: -78° 17' 21.08"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 714392.993 Northing: 4964401.399 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Buckhorn, travel north on Hwy 507 for approximately 28 km, then east for 8 km along a bush road.
GENETIC CLASS AND SUBCLASS: ALSO PEGMATITE IGNEOUS. 1955 - Higgins Uranium Mines Company Limited - surface exploration and diamond drilling, 9 holes, for a total of 666.9 m. Work on north showing - 6 trenches and 5 drill holes totalling 300.2 m. Work on south showing - 4 trenches and 4 drill holes, totalling 366.7 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Zircon | Economic | Ore |
Book - NMI 31D16 U17
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
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Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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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