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Record: MDI41J07NE00097

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kerr-McGee DDH 156-1 - 1968, Summers Lake - 1985
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

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Beange

Latitude: 46° 27' 55.47"    Longitude: -82° 43' 21.17"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 367742.998   Northing: 5147201.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J07NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1989: Kerr-McGee Corporation - DD-1-5394 feet


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Beange 0014 41J07NW0002 41J07NW0002

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Quartz-Pebble Host
Quartz Arenite 2 Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Oct 22, 2009 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected multiple thin quartz-pebble conglomerate units throughout the length. The thickest beds average 10 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 22, 2009 (A Wilson) - Assays from the conglomeratic unit include: 0.13% U3O8 and 0.02% ThO2 over 6 inches and 0.17% U3O8 and 0.03% ThO2 over 6 inches.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Paleoplacer
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

MonoMap - Townships 155, 156, 161, 162 and parts of 167 and 168, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R013 Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

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 Page: 94-95  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Township 156, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: M2015 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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