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| Record Name(s) | Mahoney and Morin Property - 1924 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Niobium, Tantalum
Township or Area: Sabine
Latitude: 45° 20' 49.43" Longitude: -78° 2' 39.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 731534.001 Northing: 5025755.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E08SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: SW side of McKenzie Lake, SE part of township.
1924-25: Mahoney and Morin - in production. 1955-56: Sabine Uranium Mines Ltd. - mapping, stripping, sampling, ground geophysics
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegmatite | 2 | Host |
Feb 24, 2012 (A Wilson) - A pink granite pegmatite dike, 8 to 20 feet wide and 1000 feet long, contains free quartz, large, thin sheets of black mica, nodules of altered magnetite, and some euxenite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Euxenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Martite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 24, 2012 (A Wilson) - Two selected samples collected by Sabine Uranium Mines in 1956-57, assayed 2.33 and 5.652 U3O8. The euxenite occurs in masses up to 4 inches in diameter. Analysis of the euxenite returned 22.96% TiO2, 28.62% Cb2O5, 3.94% ThO2, 0.44% (Ce,La,Di)2 O5,(Yt,Er)2O3.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1924 | 181 | OFR5311 p. 396 | About 200 tons of spar were shipped from four pits in 1924-25 by Mahoney and Morin. |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 53 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 50 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 84 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 396 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Rare-element minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada Economic Geology Series 11
Publication Number: EGR 11 Page: 195-196, 262 Date: 1932
Author: H.V. Ellsworth
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102445
Map - Haliburton area, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM52A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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