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| Record Name(s) | E.J. Rivers Property - 1953, D'Eldona Gold Mines Property - 1954, Yankee Dam Property - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Niobium, Mica
Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Tantalum
Township or Area: Butt
Latitude: 45° 42' 39.3" Longitude: -79° 5' 1.17"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 649156.999 Northing: 5063715.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E11NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1953: E.J. Rivers - geophysical survey. 1953-55: D'Eldona Gold Mines Limited - prospecting, stripping, 60 lb sample, DD-13-1436 feet. 2010: Griftco Corporation - ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| File 52 Butt Tp. | 20000006309 | 20000006309 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Granite | Contains |
Aug 03, 2011 (A Wilson) - Northeasterly trending pegmatite dikes occur with regular vein-like attitude in this area. The pegmatite is reportedly 140 feet long by 40 feet in width.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Monazite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Cyrtolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Samarskite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Pitchblende | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 03, 2011 (A Wilson) - A sample from the site was analyzed in 1953. It returned: 9.75% U3O8, 0.09% TaO5 and 30.79% Cb2O5. The dike consists of white feldspar, red feldspar, white quartz, smoky quartz, white mica, black mica, tourmaline and ptichblende. Approximately 1 ton of mica was mined and shipped from the site between 1915 and 1918.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
File - Resident Geologist file Butt Township #1
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Location: Tweed RGP office
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 358 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1954, D'Eldona Gold
Publication Number: CMH 1954 Page: 60 Date: 1996
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Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 250 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 47 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 49 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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