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Record: MDI31F04NE00068

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bruce C. Robson - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-May-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Monteagle

Latitude: 45° 9' 31.88"    Longitude: -77° 43' 57.46"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 285223.427   Northing: 5004230.457    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The occurrence is 14.5 km NE of Bancroft, west of Goddard.



Exploration History

1955: B. Robson blasted a section of cliff face 15 by 20 feet (OFR 5311, p290).




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
5ThoriteEconomicOre
10UraniniteEconomicOre
15ZirconEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: Econ Geol 16 Page: 272  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


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 141-142  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: 44  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:


MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC023 Page: 116  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: 290  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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