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Record: MDI31F06NW00046

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gorman Lake - 1953, Gorman Lake Occurrence - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-May-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Thorium

Secondary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Brudenell

Latitude: 45° 25' 40.6"    Longitude: -77° 25' 57.28"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 309708.997   Northing: 5033370.006    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NW

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Ra ' on Wmost island in Gorman Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Reached by canoe from the N side of the lake, adjacent to the road.



Exploration History

1954: D.J. Drohan -trenching


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Contains
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 3 Syenite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - Granite pegmatite crosscuts biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AllaniteEconomicOre
2UraniniteEconomicOre
4SpheneEconomicOre
5EpidoteEconomicOre
3ScapoliteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - Radioactive minerals occur in a 3 by 6 meter zone of fractures carrying epidote, scapolite, and minor hematite and pyrite. Grab sample R-77-79-6 collected by the OGS returned 160 ppm U3O8 and 7200 ppm ThO2.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area

Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 83  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 169-170  Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Radioactive mineral deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC023 Page: 35-37  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: 574  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario

Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Barry's Bay, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2461 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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