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MDI41J05NW00040
| Record Name(s) | Desbarats Lake - 1956, Desbarats Radioactivity Occurrence - 1956 |
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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: 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.
1956: Des Barats Mining Company Limited. – DD-2-602 ft. Des Barats Mining Co. Limited – DD-1-330 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| JOHNSON 0010-C1 | 41J05NW0018 | 41J05NW0018 |
| JOHNSON 0010-D1 | 41J05NW0020 | 41J05NW0020 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
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.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Medium-Grained | Host |
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| Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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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