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Record: MDI31E11NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) John Ryan Property - 1921
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cerium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Butt

Latitude: 45° 41' 17.71"    Longitude: -79° 3' 36.94"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 651039   Northing: 5061241.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E11NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

2010: Griftco Corporation - ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
File 52 Butt Tp. 20000006309 20000006309

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Aug 03, 2011 (A Wilson) - The dike is described as being 4-10 feet wide and consisting of pink spar with some white and smoky quartz and black mica.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 03, 2011 (A Wilson) - There is some evidence of the presence of radioactive minerals in the deep red spar and some grains of radioactive material were reportedly found there.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Publication - Radium-bearing pegmatites of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1921, part D

Publication Number: GSC SR 1921D Page: 65  Date: 1922

Author: Ellsworth, H V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103422


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 354  Date: 1981

Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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