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MDI41J07NE00102
| Record Name(s) | Abeta Property - 1955, Pardee Zone - 1968, McVittie Option - 1954, Abeta Zone - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Joubin
Latitude: 46° 22' 46.21" Longitude: -82° 33' 10.57"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 380577.999 Northing: 5137386.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J07NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: 1 kilometre southwest of the west end of Stinson Lake, 1.9 kilometres north of the south boundary of Joubin Township and 1.1 kilometres east of the west township boundary.
1953-1954: Mining Corporation of Canada - DD- 15 - 4 241 feet. 1955: Abeta Mining Corp. Ltd. - DD- 2 - 1250 feet 1977: Long Lac Mineral Exploration Ltd. - DD-2
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| JOUBIN 0032 | 41J07SE0001 | 41J07SE0001 |
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 16, 2010 (G Bennett) - The southern part of the property is underlain by Keewatin volcanics and sediments, including a zone of low-grade magnetite iron formation upon which no development has been carried out. These rocks form the ridge seperating the Nordic and the Pardee conglomerate-bearing valleys
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Conglomerate | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Hanging Wall |
Dec 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - The most westerly holes intersected several beds of radioactive, oligomictic conglomerate of the Matinenda Formation. These beds became thinner and much less radioactive to the east.
Dec 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - The two most westerly holes gave maximum grades of 0.09% U3O8 over 5 feet and 0.14% U3O8 over 4 feet.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Paleoplacer |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abeta Zone | 1977 | Unclassified | 11786144 | MR223 ONT 162 | 12992000 tons @ 0.75 lbs/t U3O8 drill indicated | Uranium 340.2 g/t |
Map - Township 143, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M2001 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of townships 143 and 144
Publication Number: R004 Page: 47 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 29-30 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 28 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Canadian Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in 1989
Publication Number: MR223 Page: ONT-162 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada
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: 89 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Article - 1977 report of Northeastern Regional Geologist and Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP078.007 Page: 85 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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