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Record: MDI41J05NW00040

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Desbarats Lake - 1956, Desbarats Radioactivity Occurrence - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Johnson

Latitude: 46° 23' 24.71"    Longitude: -83° 55' 31.02"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 275090.74   Northing: 5141561.49    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05NW

Point Location Description: Radioactive vein in diabase on eastern shore of Desbarats Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Northeast shore of Desbarats Lake.



Exploration History

1956: Des Barats Mining Company Limited. – DD-2-602 ft. Des Barats Mining Co. Limited – DD-1-330 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
JOHNSON 0010-C1 41J05NW0018 41J05NW0018
JOHNSON 0010-D1 41J05NW0020 41J05NW0020

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Aug 15, 2017 (A Wilson) - Radioactive veins in diabase cutting Lorrain Quartzite. Radioactive veins in diabase reportedly occur on the northeast shore of Desbarats Lake.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Quartz Arenite 1 Medium-Grained Host
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 2 Contains
Vein 3 Quartz Contains

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

Map - Geology, Bruce Mines, Ontario, Marginal Note

Publication Number: Map 32-1962 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1962

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108824


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 60  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: 75  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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