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| Record Name(s) | Bancroft - 1981, Cardiff Property - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Oct-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Fluorite
Township or Area: Cardiff
Latitude: 45° 3' 40.22" Longitude: -78° 11' 41.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 720859.997 Northing: 4993574.633 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE
Point Location Description: Circle symbol just SE of property symbol ' 3 ', NW corner of township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is within 1,000 ft S of the CNR tracks, S of Lower Cardiff Lake. Satterly, 1956 : 2 showings : First is 2.8 ml E of Wilberforce Station on the N side of the road ( on the right-of-way of old Hwy 500 ). Second is 300 ft S of the old road and old Hwy 500, on the slope of a hill in a clearing at N70E; 300 ft long by 50 ft wide. 3 ml E of Wilberforce Station.
1955-6 : stripping, blasting and pitting, mainly on S half of lot 5, con 22, between Lower Cardiff Lake and Hwy 648 - by Bancroft Uranium Mines.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Syenite Pgmt | 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 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Zircon | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 254 Date: 1962
Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 404,433 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 65 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 29 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 9-10 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 116 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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