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Record: MDI31E01SE00308

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Griffith - 2000, J.W. Griffith - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Faraday, Herschel, Herschel

Latitude: 45° 3' 17.63"    Longitude: -78° 1' 55.62"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 733690.943   Northing: 4993334.706    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.8 km SE of Diamond Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1952 : J.W. Griffith carried out a radiometric survey and sampling. See also 'Griffith', MDI31E01SE00299.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Uraninite, uranothorite and a pyrochlore-microlite mineral occur sparsely in pegmatite along 175 ft and within paragneiss near a granite contact.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PyrochloreEconomicOre
10UraniniteEconomicOre
15UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Niobium (Columbium) deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 18

Publication Number: Econ Geol 18 Date: 1958

Author: Rowe, R.B.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102452


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 270  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 142  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


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