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Record: MDI31F04NW00123

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) H. Quirk - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-May-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Monteagle

Latitude: 45° 8' 59.45"    Longitude: -77° 46' 36.98"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 281706.378   Northing: 5003348.522    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 200 m southwest of Quirk Lake at the south end of a field south of a farmhouse. Gravel roads north from Musclow or south from Monteagle Valley provide ready access.



Exploration History

1954 and 1955: Stripping, pitting and trenching by Harry Quirk and J.E. Quirk.




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
1EllsworthiteEconomicOre
2PyroxeneEconomicOre
3ScapoliteEconomicOre
4UranothoriteEconomicOre
5ZirconEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Samples assayed 0.14, 0.55, 3.55 and 4.48% U3O8 equivalent. (OFR 5294, p177).



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 - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 70  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 140-141  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 20  Date: 1997

Author: 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: 115-6  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: 289  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: OFR5294 Page: 177  Date: 1980

Author: Gordon J.B., Masson S.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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