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Record: MDI31F06NE00085

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) O. Percy Property - 1956, Newfoundout Property - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Mar-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Grattan

Latitude: 45° 24' 9.32"    Longitude: -77° 6' 12.9"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 335371.003   Northing: 5029827.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1956: O. Percy - prospecting, sampling


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A sample of granite pegmatite (in mylonitic marble and quartzo-feldspathic paragneiss) assayed 0.22 % U3O8 equivalent.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granite Host
Diabase 2 Diabase Adjacent
Marble 3 Calcitic Coarse-Grained Contains
Paragneiss 4 Quartzo Feldspathic Sheared Contains

Lithology Comments

Jun 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - The mineralization may be associated with the Mount St. Patrick fault which trends east-northeast across the property.




Mineralization Comments

Jun 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - A sample of pegmatite collected by O. Percy returned an assay of 0.22 % U3O8. A grab sample collected by the GSC reportedly returned an assay of 0.098 % U3O8.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC023 Scale:     Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5311 Scale:     Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County

Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1980

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County

Publication Number: R209 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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