Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | G.L. Reasor - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Apr-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 2' 42.45" Longitude: -78° 0' 55.09"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 735054.952 Northing: 4992297.689 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE
Point Location Description: Closest NE-trending trench to property symbol ' 34 ' in the NW corner of the township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Take a trail (leading S from a hunt camp road) from old Hwy 500 (W) at a point where the highway is no longer maintained and joins a township road that heads N to Diamond Lake. The trail through the hunt camp eventually leads to the Monck Road. The Silver Crater Pits showing is adjacent to the trail, the Reasor showing pits are located near the top of the first steep hill that the trail ascends after leaving the hunt camp. Accessible from Hwy 500, about 3 km E of Hwy 648 which runs from Hwy 121 N to Highland Grove.
1954-5 : G.L. Reasor stripped and trenched several small lenses of pegmatite. Geiger readings averaged 2-7 x background with spot highs to 25 x. 1967-8 : Fidelity Mining Investments Ltd carried out radiometric, mag and geology surveys on a larger area which also covered these lots.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.2325 | 31F04SW0035 | 31F04SW0035 |
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Amphibolite is cut by small, discontinuous lenses (< 5 ft wide and < 7 ft long) of pegmatite, syenite pegmatite or leucogranite. Pyrite, molybdenite and fluorite ocur locally. Uraninite, uranothorite and a pyrochlore-microlite mineral occur in pegmatites.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | 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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| 1 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 122 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: 39 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: 265 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 118-9 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files 1956
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Publication - Niobium (columbium) and tantalum in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 29
Publication Number: Econ Geol 29 Page: 85, 102, 115 Date: 1974
Author: Dawson, K R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103996
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