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Record: MDI31D16SW00105

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cavendish North - 1954
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish, Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 45' 11.22"    Longitude: -78° 22' 34.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 707685.63   Northing: 4958874.56    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SW

Point Location Description: Property number ' 1 North ', 2.25 km southeast of Picard Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The 'North showings ' of the Cavendish Uranium Mines property are located in lot 15, cons 8 and 9. A trench and pit have been excavated on the E boundary of the S half of lot 15, con 8.



Exploration History

1954: Cavendish Uranium and Mining Company - DD-12-4321 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Cavendish #11/63.744/1955 31D09SW0001 31D09SW0001

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - fergusonite.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite Host
Pegmatite 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2AllaniteEconomicOre
3UranothoriteEconomicOre
4FergusoniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 13, 2017 (A Wilson) - Geiger readings in the trench were mainly 5x-12x rising to 18x-23x for a 10-foot section that was richer in magnetite and redder in colour. Readings in the pit were 5x-18x.


Nov 17, 2020 (Nazha Sabiri) - Field party personnel recorded maximum scintillometer values of 138 ppm U, 343 ppm Th from the NW pit, 105 ppm U, 228 Th from the NE pit, and 254 ppmU, 383 ppm Th from the south pit. Mike Easton, MRD24



Mineral Record Details

References

Data - Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Data from Cavendish Township, Grenville Province, Ontario

Publication Number: MRD240 Date: 2010

Author: Easton R.M.

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:


MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 51  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 161  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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


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

Publication Number: OFR6229 Date: 2012

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Preliminary Assessment of the Geology and Mineral Potential of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6213.012 Date: 2007

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Project Unit 07-003. Geology and Mineral Potential of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6226.014 Date: 2008

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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