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| Record Name(s) | Mell-Quirke (Barton) Occurrence - 1957, Glandfield and Co. - 1970, Mell-Quirke Uranium Mines Ltd. - 1957, Carr-Quirke-Robson Occurrence - 1955, Forefront Uranium Mines Ltd. - 1975, Monteagle Property - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-May-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Dungannon, Dungannon, Monteagle, Monteagle, Monteagle
Latitude: 45° 7' 55.66" Longitude: -77° 43' 26.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 285809 Northing: 5001238 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04NE
Point Location Description: dot symbol ' A 86 '
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Accessible by trail from either the Monteagle-Dungannon township road or the York River. From Musclow a gravel road leads east for 3.5 km. From the end of this road a bush road leads 2.2 km east to the occurrence.
1956 : S.J. Carr - 19 trenches, over 3,350 ft,; sampling gave 0.08-2.91 % U3O8; DD-2-310 ft. (S½ lot 3 con 1) 1957 : Mell-Quirke Uranium Mines Ltd. - stripping, trenching, DD-9-1972 ft. 1969 : Nor-Scan Mining and Service Co Ltd.: DD-7-282 ft. 1957: T.E. Barton - prospecting. 1975 : Glandfield and Co. Ltd.: property acquisition from T.E. Barton; and linecutting, sampling of trenches 1975-77 : Forefront Uranium Mines Ltd.- DD-21-3946 ft.; radon gas survey, Forefront amalgamated with Daverich Minerals Ltd. and Eldex Minerals Ltd in 1976 to form Forefront Consolidated Explorations Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 31F04NE9490 | 31F04NE9490 |
| 63 | 31F04NE0005 | 31F04NE0005 |
| 18 | 31F04NE9477 | 31F04NE9477 |
| 63.3253 | 31F04NE9453 | 31F04NE9453 |
| 64.3451 | 31F04NE9475 | 31F04NE9475 |
| 1 | 31F04NE0004 | 31F04NE0004 |
| 63.3342 | 31F04NE9479 | 31F04NE9479 |
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Nepheline-Plagioclase Gneiss | Contains | |
| Amphibolite | 3 | Footwall | ||
| Marble | 4 | Crystalline | Footwall |
Dec 02, 2015 (C Papertzian) - A white-pink granite pegmatite intrudes rusty calc-silicate gneisses and marble. 3 radioactive zones have been outlined - the North, Main and South or Boundary showings. There is also the Cliff showing (OGS 1956). See MDC 23 (1981) for detailed description and sections.
Dec 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - The property is located within metasediments of the Grenville Supergroup which include marble, para-amphibolite, biotite gneiss, calc-silicate syenitic gneiss, pyritic gneiss, meta-arkose, quartzose gneiss, syenitic gneiss and nepheline syenite. These rocks are intruded by small syenite and granite bodies and by late granite pegmatite. The metasediments generally strike northeasterly and dip 50 to 80º to the southeast. Uranium mineralization in this area appears to be restricted to the late pegmatites.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Uranophane | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Albite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Hornblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 11 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Phlogopite | Alteration | Unknown | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - Assays from the 1957 drilling program of Mell-Quirke Uranium Mines Ltd. returned assays of 0.08% and 0.03% U3O8; 0.10% U3O8. Assays from the Forefront Uranium Mines Ltd. returned U3O8 values up to 0.055% U3O8 over 1.8 ft. (hole 76-1); 0.065% U3O8 over 3 ft. (hole 76-6); 0.11% U3O8 over 1.5 ft. . The two drilling programs completed in 1976 and 1977 by Forefront plus certain earlier surface work and drilling have tested the potential of the claims. While definite uranium mineralization was found in pegmatites mostly in the central and southern parts of the property, no economic tonnages could be outlined. The North zone averaged 0.5 lbs / ton across 13 ft and 0.2 lbs / ton on the main showing. The North Showing gives assays averaging 0.025% U308 over 104 meters. The Main Showing, about 2.5 meters wide and extending 400 meters along strike, gives average assays of 0.01% U3O8 over 137 meters. Narrow pegmatites of the South Showing give assays of O.O4-0.10% U3O8 (radiometric).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 365.7 |
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 272 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 136 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 42 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC023 Page: 107-112 Date: 1981
Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 239 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2210 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Dungannon and Mayo townships, County of Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1955-08 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Coe Hill Area
Publication Number: P3403 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area
Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1998
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, geology and mineral deposits of the Bancroft area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2524 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1982
Author: Masson S.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Data series, Dungannon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: P0691 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Gibson S.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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