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Record: MDI31F04SW00093

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bentley-Siddon - 1991, Red Bark - 2000, Bentley-Siddon Lakes - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-17
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite, Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 1' 48.33"    Longitude: -77° 55' 0"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 270242.347   Northing: 4990432.277    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' FF ' just N of Bentley Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1 DDH on Siddon Lake, 4 DDH on Bentley Lake.



Exploration History

1955 : Red Bark Mines Ltd drilled 5 holes (1,820 ft) - 1 DDH on Siddon Lake and 4 DDH on Bentley Lake. 1977 : R. Ekstrom carried out mag and E.M. surveys on the lakes. 1980-1 : Ekstrom drilled 4 holes on lot 14, con 12/A.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
11 31F04SW9540 31F04SW9540
2.2344 31F04SW9533 31F04SW9533
2.2664 31F02NE9531 31F02NE9531
21 31F04SW9528 31F04SW9528
22 31F04SW9527 31F04SW9527
19 31F04SW9532 31F04SW9532

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Nepheline gneiss and skarn in area. No pegmatite recorded in DDH available.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5NephelineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Radioactive mineral occurrences in the Bancroft area

Publication Number: ARV65-06 Page: 122-123  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 29  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 55-64  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Page: 259  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 242  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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