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Record: MDI31E01SE00218

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Halo (Pyroxenite) - 1981, Halo - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-15
Date Last Modified 2022-May-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 1' 59.22"    Longitude: -78° 10' 18.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 722784.211   Northing: 4990521.212    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Third trench symbol just E of Cope Creek, Lot 6, Con 18.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1953 : Hogan option to Stratmat - geology, scint. 1954-5 : Halo Uranium Mines drilled 15 holes on the N zone [ lot 6N, con 18 ] and 12 holes on the S zone [ lot 6N, con 17 ] - 14 anomalies in 37 claims. 1968 : Amalgamated Rare Earth Mines ran a rad survey and in 1973 optioned the property to Imperial Oil [ Esso ].


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63A.211 31E01SE0055 31E01SE0055
19 31E01SE0103 31E01SE0103
18 31E01SE0102 31E01SE0102
63.3114 31E01SE9442 31E01SE9442



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pyroxenite 1 Pyroxenite Contains
Syenite 2 Syenite Pgmt Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5BetafiteEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15FluoriteEconomicOre
20MarcasiteEconomicOre
25PyrochloreEconomicOre
30UraniniteEconomicOre
35UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 233  Date: 1980

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 59-63  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 67-68  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC004 Page: Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 98-99  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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