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Record: MDI41J07NW00041

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jeanette - 1983, Saphire - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-16
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Thorium



Location

Township or Area: Timmermans

Latitude: 46° 25' 3.16"    Longitude: -82° 51' 57.99"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 356594.809   Northing: 5142133.193    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J07NW

Point Location Description: Pits, drill holes

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Western most point of the North east arm of Moon Lake 3.2 kilometres west of the eastern boundary of Timmermans Township and 3.5 kilometres south of the north township boundary.



Exploration History

1953: 14 pits over a distance of 1 mile by Moneta Mining Co. Ltd. 1954: Geol. and airborne scintillometer surveys, 5 d.d. holes by Sapphire Petroleums Ltd. 1955: 5 d.d. holes totalling 2406 feet by Jeanette Minerals Ltd. in conjunction with Sapphire Petroleums Ltd. 1967: Combined airborne MAG and EM surveys by Denison Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Timmermans-0028-B1 41J07NW0071 41J07NW0071
Timmermans-0028-D1 41J07SW0005 41J07SW0005
Timmermans-0029-A1 41J07NW0084 41J07NW0084
Timmermans-0029-B1 41J07NW0059 41J07NW0059

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactive pyritic oligomictic pebble conglomerate of the Matinenda Formation. Average assays were 0.029% U3O8 and 0.02% ThO2 over 28 feet (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 52).




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Township 161 and part of Township 167, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: M2026 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: R013 Page: 66-67  Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 52  Date: 1984

Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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