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| Record Name(s) | Eagle Nest - 1984, Eagle Nest Occurrence - 2000, Eagle Nest (3 Zones) - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Apr-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 4' 26.41" Longitude: -77° 51' 55.91"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 274443.36 Northing: 4995166.392 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' AB39 ' at E township boundary, N of Bancroft and E of Hwy 62.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access to the W part of the property is readily obtained via the Eagle's Nest Park road; and to the E part by a township road S of Clark (Clear) Lake.
1956-7: stripping, trenching and 17 DDH by Eagle Nest Mines Ltd. 7 radioactive zones outlined:' Mountain' - 1 working in lot 69, HRW (Faraday) and 6 workings in lots 69 and 70, HRE (Dungannon). 'Tower Line' - 3 small pits on lot 71, HRE (Dungannon). 'Pinnacle' - several workings aver 500 ft on lots 70 and 71, HRE (Dungannon). 'Gossan' - 80 ft of stripping and 2 trenches on lot 71, HRE (Dungannon). 'Mica' - a stripping, a trench and a pit on lot 29, con 16 (Dungannon). 'Field' - a pit and 30 ft trench in a field on lot 29, con 16 (Dungannon). 'Weimer' - lot 27, con 15 (?) (Dungannon). 1958: re-evaluated. 1967: blasting, sampling and a scint survey by D.M. Macherocher. 1968: Watts Exploration Services carried out a mag survey (incomplete). 1970: a scint survey over the Mountain, Pinnacle and Weimar zones by D.F. Ennis. 1976: Canadian Nickel Mines Ltd carried out geological, mag and radometric surveys, sampled and drilled 9 holes for 1,515 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.3373 | 31F04SW9460 | 31F04SW9460 |
| 18 | 31F04SW9462 | 31F04SW9462 |
| 13 | 31F04SE9465 | 31F04SE9465 |
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Numerous disseminated radioactive occurrences but only 3 zones show ore grades (see OGS 1981 for a good description). See also 'Eagle Nest', MDI31F04SW00230 and MDI31F04SW00078 (Dungannon).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 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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| 1 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC004 Page: 36 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: 57-59 Date: 1981
Author: Masson S.L., Gordon J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Some radioactive mineral occurrences in the counties or districts of Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Peterborough, and Renfrew
Publication Number: OFR5057 Page: 13-17 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files 1966, AFRO # 4, 5 (Dungannon)
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: OFR5294 Page: 67-70 Date: 1980
Author: Gordon J.B., Masson S.L.
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:
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