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Record: MDI31D16SW00146

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) M.Cziraky - 1962, Ken Webster - 1978, St Croix Creek - 1990, Kirk Deposit - 2006
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-15
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Vermiculite



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish, Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 45' 25.22"    Longitude: -78° 25' 2.8"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 704404   Northing: 4959202    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1977-78: K. Webster – mapping and trenching ), no mineralization reported. Report of a radioactive occurrence in lot 3, con 9 . P2421 shows pits and the presence of radioactive mineralization associated with pyrite and tourmaline.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.32756 20000001490 20000001490

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Monzogranite 1 Monzogranite Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UranothoriteEconomicOre
4PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2TourmalineEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2017 (A Wilson) - Massive layers of pyrite and pyrrhotite up to 12 feet (3.7 m) thick occur in this marble unit: on the N½ Lot 18, Concession IV; on the S½ Lot 16, Concession IX.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 516  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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:


Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 255  Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


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:


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 21  Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Cavendish and Anstruther townships, Peterborough County

Publication Number: MP063.022 Page: 96  Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 285  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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