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Record: MDI31E02SE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Silver Acorn - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-14
Date Last Modified 2024-Apr-05
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Dysart

Latitude: 45° 0' 38.38"    Longitude: -78° 30' 22.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 696502   Northing: 4987160    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E02SE

Point Location Description: Property ' 7 ', 3 km S of Haliburton.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1979-80: Silver Acorn Developments Ltd stripped and trenched (later filled in) and drilled 6 holes (756 ft/230 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.3659 31E05SW0005 31E05SW0005

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The property is underlain by syenite, pyroxenite and marble with syenitic and granitic pegmatites.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5DiopsideEconomicOre
10HematiteEconomicOre
15PhlogopiteEconomicOre
20PyroxeneEconomicOre
25PyriteEconomicOre
30PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
35SerpentineEconomicOre
40UraniniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 19, 2023 (Q Unknown) - In 1 DDH uraninite was found in phlogopitic marble and assayed 0.108 % and 0.065 % U3O8.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Geology of the Drag Lake area

Publication Number: OFR5594 Page: 39-70  Date: 1986

Author: Culshaw N.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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