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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31E08SE00003

Record: MDI31E08SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sabine Uranium Co. - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Oct-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Niobium



Location

Township or Area: Sabine

Latitude: 45° 19' 39.82"    Longitude: -78° 9' 18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 722946.63   Northing: 5023295.77    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E08SE

Point Location Description: General. Based on Lat. & Long. from SO RGP files with an error of +/- 300 yards.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.0 km north of Piney Lake.



Exploration History

1956: Stripping and geological and radiometric surveys by Sabine Uranium Mines Ltd. Eschynite-priorite reported.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1EschyniteEconomicOre
2PrioriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

File - SO RGP deposit files

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP Office


Publication - Niobium (columbium) and tantalum in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 29

Publication Number: Econ Geol 29 Page: 97  Date: 1996

Author: Dawson, K.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103996


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:


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