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Record: MDI31F06SE00140

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS sample 78-T-733 - 1978, West of Jeffers Lake - 1981, Imperial Oil Occurrence - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Griffith

Latitude: 45° 17' 46.54"    Longitude: -77° 3' 42.69"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 338334.003   Northing: 5017930.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06SE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1957: Imperial Oil Limited - exploration


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 Amphibole-Plagioclase-Quartz Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1UranothoriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1978 returned 85 ppm U3O8, 1060 ppm Th and 3.2% K2O.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
2 Pegmatite
1 Skarn
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Map - Khartum, Renfrew County

Publication Number: M2454 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Geological series, Khartum area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2240 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1979

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


MonoMap - Geology of the Khartum area, Renfrew County

Publication Number: R211 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


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