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Record: MDI31E07NW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) L. E. Smith Claims - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Aug-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Peck

Latitude: 45° 27' 37.46"    Longitude: -78° 45' 56.44"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 674682   Northing: 5036526.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E07NW

Point Location Description: south ½ Lot 3 Con 3

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1956: L.E. Smith - stripping, sampling


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Granite Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 10, 2012 (A Wilson) - The discovery showing was at the base of a 50-foot cliff of hybrid granite gneiss in the northwest corner of the south half of lot 2, concession III. Stripping exposes an irregular l- to 3-foot granite pegmatite sill over a length of 30 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AllaniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 10, 2012 (A Wilson) - Geiger counter readings were very low. A grab sample collected by J. Satterly assayed 0.003% U3O8.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Kawagama Lake Area

Publication Number: P3525 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2003

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - A geological guide to Highway 60, Algonquin Provincial Park

Publication Number: MP029 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Some radioactive mineral occurrences in the counties or districts of Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Peterborough, and Renfrew

Publication Number: OFR5057 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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:


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