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| Record Name(s) | Newman Deposit - 1953, Newman Zone - 1956, Manitou Islands Complex - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Apr-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium, Niobium
Latitude: 46° 15' 16.34" Longitude: -79° 34' 42.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 609559.003 Northing: 5123310.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L04NE, 31L05SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1952: J. Strohl - discovery of radioactive minerals 1953-56: Beaucage Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 20 surface drill holes (13,024 ft), 60 underground drill holes (13,055 ft), shaft to 425 feet, underground drifting, bulk sampling, 1957-59: Nova Beaucage Mines Ltd. - metallurgical testing
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| L. NIPIS 18B1 | 31L04NE9767 | 31L04NE9767 |
| L. NIPIS 18A1 | 31L05SE9768 | 31L05SE9768 |
| L. NIPIS 19A1 | 31L05SE9769 | 31L05SE9769 |
| L. NIPIS 20 | 31L05SE9770 | 31L05SE9770 |
| L. NIPIS 21 | 31L05SE9771 | 31L05SE9771 |
| L. NIPIS 14 | 31L05SE9772 | 31L05SE9772 |
| L. NIPIS 15C1 | 31L05SE9796 | 31L05SE9796 |
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 570 Ma Geochron. Age Ref.: Geology of Ontario, V 1, p. 687
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonatite-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Fenite | 2 | Brecciated | Contains |
Jun 03, 2009 (A Wilson) - The uranian pyrochlore is concentrated in two main rock types: potassic feldspar-sodic pyroxene rock characterized by reddish feldspar and sodic pyroxene rock composed of sodic pyroxene, biotite, calcite and apatite. Fragments of potassic feldspar-sodic pyroxene rock partly replaced by biotite and sodic pyroxene are common in the sodic pyroxene rock, and both rock types are partly replaced by carbonate and contain a few percent magnetite, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Zones rich in uranian pyrochlore cut across the two rock types and the contact between the two types dips steeply outwards from the centre of the complex. The deposit has been traced along its easterly strike for 1100 feet and has a maximum width of about 400 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore |
Jun 03, 2009 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by M. Van Clieaf in 1952 returned 0.11% U3O8 per ton. A sample analysed by Uniron Carbide carried 1.0% Cb-Ta oxide and 0.08% U3O8 per ton. Acmite, feldspar, apatite, calcite, biotite, magnetite, pyrite, hematite, pyrochlore, monazite and fluorite have been identified in the deposit. The pyrochlore occurs as minute grains closely associated with acmite, biotite, calcite and apatite, and is also broadly associated with magnetite. The ore zone is estimated to have a strike length of 400 feet
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Newman Deposit | 1958 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 1717301 | R094 | In 1958, Nova Beaucage Mines reported 1,893,000 tons of mineralized rock averaging 0.049% U3O8 and 0.86% Nb2O3, and 2,962,000 tons of mineralized rock averaging 0.041% U3O8 and 0.69% Nb2O3 all 200 feet below the lake bottom. | Uranium 0.049 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1956 | 3135 | AR65 pt 1 p. 141-142 | ||
| 1955 | 10554 | AR64 pt 1, p. 119 |
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - NM MAG AUG 3, 1972
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 38-39 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the North Bay area, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound
Publication Number: R094 Page: 51-52, 81-83 Date: 1971
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Lake Nipissing islands and North Himsworth Township, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound
Publication Number: GDIF423 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1954
Publication Number: ARV64-02 Page: 119 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Mining operations in 1955
Publication Number: ARV65-02 Page: 121, 141 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Mining operations in 1956
Publication Number: ARV66-02 Page: 120, 140 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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