Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI41I05NE00041
| Record Name(s) | John Creek Bay - 1954, Ridge Showing - 1953, Agnew Lake Property - 1954 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Oct-10 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Hyman
Latitude: 46° 23' 12.12" Longitude: -81° 39' 55.1"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 448844 Northing: 5137229 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I05NE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Starting on highway 17 at junction of highway 6 (Espanola turnoff) highway 17 drive east 1.8km to Mckerrow. Turn north onto Sand Bay road drive 8.5km north to Agnew Lake (Sand Bay). Continue along Agnew Lake by boat 8.2km north-eastward to north side of bay.
1952-1954: Noranda Mines Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (magnetometer, radiometric), mapping, and 18 diamond drill holes totaling 3,093 ft. 1974-78: Consolidated Morrison Exploration Ltd. completed mapping, and an airborne geophysical survey (radiometric, magnetometer).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2613 | 41I05NE9401 | 41I05NE9401 |
| Baldwin 0048 | 42C02SE1210 | 42C02SE1210 |
| HYMAN 0010 | 41I05NE0057 | 41I05NE0057 |
| 63.348 | 41I05NE0005 | 41I05NE0005 |
| HYMAN 0026 | 41I05NE0087 | 41I05NE0087 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conglomerate | 2 | Quartz Pebble | Contains |
Oct 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - The property is underlain by conglomerate, quartzite and greywacke intruded by dikes of gabbro, diorite and diabase. The uranium mineralization is associated with interbeds of quartz-pebble conglomerate in the quartzite.
Sep 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - The area is strongly deformed and metamorphosed to the staurolite-garnet grade
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitchblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Monazite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Thorianite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Brannerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples taken from a 12 foot long trench by Noranda Mines in 1954 returned 0.123% U3O8. The main radioactive zone returned values up to 0.062% U3O8 over 5.9 feet in conglomerate and 0.067% U3O8 over 2.9 feet in quartzite. Grab samples collected by the OGS from the Ridge Showing returned 0.83% U3O8 and 0.24% ThO2.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Paleoplacer |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unconformity |
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 105-106 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Hyman and Drury townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2055 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 76-77 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hyman Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0133 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - 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
Folio - Hyman Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF282 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits at the base of the Huronian system in the District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R001 Page: 32-33 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Sudbury Resident Geologist District Office