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Record: MDI31E11NW00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Raney Property - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Aug-11
Date Last Modified 2023-May-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Niobium, Rare Earth Elements



Location

Township or Area: Chapman

Latitude: 45° 43' 29.66"    Longitude: -79° 30' 13.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 616433.001   Northing: 5064572.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E11NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Feb 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite dike is reportedly 260 feet wide and 1500 feet long.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AllaniteEconomicOre
2UranothoriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - A pegmatite dike, 260 feet wide and 1500 feet long contains probable allanite and possible uranothorite. A sample assayed 0.45% U3O8(radiometric). The occurrence reportedly contains columbite-tantalite and pyrochlore-microlite.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 256  Date: 1962

Author: Lang, A H; Griffith, J W; Steacy, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 141  Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 445  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


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:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 410  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mapset - Uranium mineral potential charts for parts of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5260 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1979

Author: Robertson J.A., Bright E.G., Gordon J.B., Springer J.S., MacDonald C.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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