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| Record Name(s) | Hollinger Radioactivity Occurrence - 1977, R. I. Benner Property - 1977, Nickel Rim Mines DDH No. 1 - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-May-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Moncrieff
Latitude: 46° 45' 53.36" Longitude: -81° 35' 48.45"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 454430 Northing: 5179203 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I13SE
Point Location Description: centre of cluster of drill holes
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: 67km northwest of Sudbury along highway 144, 100m east off the highway
1968: Nickel Rim Mines Ltd. completed 4 diamond drill holes totaling 4821 feet. 1976-77: Hollinger Mines Limited carried out mapping, ground geophysics, and 3 diamond drill holes totaling 796 feet.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| MONCRIEFF-0013A1 / 2.2272 | 41I13SE0074 | 41I13SE0074 |
| Hess-SP012 / 2.19024 | 41I14SW2001 | 41I14SW2001 |
| MONCRIEFF-0010C1 | 41I13SE0078 | 41I13SE0078 |
| MONCRIEFF-0011 | 41I13SE9574 | 41I13SE9574 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Monzonite | 1 | Monzonite | Porphyritic | Host |
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May 26, 2010 (A Wilson) - Radioactivity occurs in a narrow sheared, brecciated zone in granitic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Monazite | Economic | Ore |
May 26, 2010 (A Wilson) - A narrow, sheared and brecciated zone of black, hybrid monzonite carried up to 0.17% U3O8 in the Nickel Rim drill hole. Hollinger intersected a radioactive zone where readings ranged from 2000 to 4500 cpm.
MonoMap - Geology of the Benny area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R206 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Card K.D., Innes D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geneva Lake, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2435 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1981
Author: Card K.D., Innes D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Scale: Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Moncrieff Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF243 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Sudbury RGO
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