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Record: MDI31F11NE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Woermke No. 2 - 1954
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Feb-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Thorium, Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Bromley

Latitude: 45° 38' 26.61"    Longitude: -77° 2' 17.01"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 341170.997   Northing: 5056151    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F11NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ThoriteEconomicOre
2AllaniteEconomicOre
3CyrtoliteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 31, 2011 (A Wilson) - A zone 0.3 by 0.25 meters gave Geiger readings of 5 to 7 times background. A sample collected by E.R. Woermke in 1954 assayed 0.09% U308 (radiometric).



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 - 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


Map - Pembroke, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2459 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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