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Record: MDI31E01SE00243

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Standard (Baptiste Lake) - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Nov-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Herschel

Latitude: 45° 5' 37.54"    Longitude: -78° 0' 42.32"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 735134.752   Northing: 4997710.896    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: General, SE corner of lot 26 conc. 5, SW part of Baptiste Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1955: Five trenches, and 9 drill holes for 1107 feet by Standard Ore and Alloys Corporation.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ThorianiteEconomicOre
10UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 264  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


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 135  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: 41  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Precambrian geology of the Centre Lake area, Haliburton and Hastings counties

Publication Number: OFR5658 Page: 89-90  Date: 1987

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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