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| Record Name(s) | Spragge Creek Occurrence - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Spragge
Latitude: 46° 12' 49.25" Longitude: -82° 40' 17.06"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 371078.999 Northing: 5119147.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J02NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 500 metres east of the west boundary of Spragge Township, 1.3 kilometres north of Highway 17.
1953-1959: Pronto Uranium Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysical surveys, DD-13-609 m, sampling 1960: The claims became part of Rio Algom Mines Ltd. as the Pronto Division.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| BEANGE 0053 / 63.419 | 41J10SW9298 | 41J10SW9298 |
| SPRAGGE 0012-A1 | 41J02NE0019 | 41J02NE0019 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
May 07, 2012 (A Wilson) - Lower Missisagi arkose and conglerate lie on Archean granitic basement and are overlain transgressively by a Nippissing diabase sill intruded along a thrust fault.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Conglomerate | 1 | Polymictic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Adjacent | |
| Quartz Arenite | 3 | Adjacent |
May 07, 2012 (A Wilson) - The rocks are Lower Mississagi arkosic quartzite with scattered pebble towards the base. Diamond drilling indicated some conglomeratic sections.
May 07, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from a surface outcrop assayed 2.2 lb. U3O8 (0.11% U3O8).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Paleoplacer |
Map - Long and Spragge townships and part of Indian Reserve No. 7, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2186 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Abraham E.M., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 9 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Spragge area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R076 Page: 86 Date: 1970
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 49 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 72 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Spragge Township and Indian Reserve No. 7 (west half), District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0131 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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