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MDI31F04NW00127
| Record Name(s) | Peter-Rock - 1986, Peter-Rock West - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Herschel
Latitude: 45° 8' 37.11" Longitude: -77° 54' 51.13"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 270891.206 Northing: 5003039.535 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04NW
Point Location Description: Precise, Diamond symbol A64, 2.5 km SW of Hickey Settlement, W of Highway 62.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located approximately 11 km north of the town of Bancroft.
1955-56: Six small trenches over a length of 430 feet, and 3 drill holes totalling 537 feet were completed by Peter-Rock Mining Company, Limited.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Betafite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Euxenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore |
Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area
Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 135 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: 40-41 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: 78-80 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 Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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