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MDI31E04SW00004
| Record Name(s) | Lower Galla Lake Occurrence - 1979, Cable Copper Mines Property - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Freeman
Latitude: 45° 4' 12.31" Longitude: -79° 53' 25.25"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 587351.001 Northing: 4991335.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E04SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1975: Mid-North Engineering Services - airborne geophysics. 1976: M. Phillips - stripping, trenching. 1978-79: Cable Copper Mines Limited - ground geophysics, mapping, DD
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2964 | 31E04SW0001 | 31E04SW0001 |
| Freeman-SP024 / 63.3533 | 31E04SW0002 | 31E04SW0002 |
| 11 | 31E04SW0005 | 31E04SW0005 |
| 2.1989 | 31E04NW0002 | 31E04NW0002 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monzonite | 2 | Monzonite | Gneissic | Contains |
Apr 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - The area is underlain by intensely folded gneisses lying on the margin of the Moon River synform. The rocks in the area have been mapped as weakly foliated to gneissic, pink monzonite and minor syenite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - Uraninite occurs in small pegmatite seams constituting approximately 10% of the gneiss. Seven grab samples from a 50 m by 50 m mineralized zone returned an average grade of 0.163% U3O8.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mapset - Uranium mineral potential charts for parts of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5260 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Robertson J.A., Bright E.G., Gordon J.B., Springer J.S., MacDonald C.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sans Souci Area
Publication Number: P3551 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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