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| Record Name(s) | Stancan B-1 Occurrence - 1955, Stanatomic Uranium Mines Ltd. - 1963, Elephant Lake Property - 1961 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Joubin
Latitude: 46° 24' 26.2" Longitude: -82° 32' 46.62"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 381150.004 Northing: 5140462 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J07NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: 300 metres north of Elephant Lake, 2 kilometres east of the west boundary of Joubin Township.
1955: Stancan Uranium Corporation - DD-3, mapping 1966-69: Stanrock Uranium Mines Limited - DD-20-2165 feet, airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 0035 | 41J07NE0036 | 41J07NE0036 |
| Joubin-0022-A1 | 41J07NE0163 | 41J07NE0163 |
| JOUBIN 0014-C1 | 41J07NE0111 | 41J07NE0111 |
| JOUBIN 0016-A1 | 41J07NE0169 | 41J07NE0169 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Conglomerate | 1 | Host |
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| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Footwall | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent | ||
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Intrudes |
Dec 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - At surface, the Gowganda Formation lies unconformably on the Serpent and Espanola Formations and all three are cut by Nipissing diabase. At depth, drilling indicates the presence of the lowermost uraniferous member of the Mississagi Formation.
Dec 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling returned assays ranging from 0.648 lb/ U3O8 over 34 feet to 1.34 0.648 lb/ U3O8 over 5.1 feet. The radioactive quartzite and quartz pebble conglomerate was intersected at a depth between 2915 and 2936 feet.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Paleoplacer |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
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: 58 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: 30 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: 93 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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