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Record: MDI41J07SW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Abconore DDH 3 - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1999-Jan-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Scarfe

Latitude: 46° 21' 3.79"    Longitude: -82° 56' 52.89"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 350117.996   Northing: 5134897.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J07SW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: DDH at the eastern boundary of Scarfe Township, 1 kilometre south of the north township boundary.



Exploration History

1955: Abconore Uranium Mines Ltd. - DD-2-1892 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Scarfe 0010A1 41J06SE0011 41J06SE0011

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Host
Quartz Arenite 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 28, 2012 (A Wilson) - Drill hole 3 intersected scattered pebble bands of Matinenda Formation conglomerate up to 3 inches in thickness.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Paleoplacer

References

Map - Scarfe, Mack, Cobden, and Striker townships, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2028 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Abraham E.M., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 143

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 143 Date: 1925

Author: Collins, W.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100853


MonoMap - Geology of Scarfe, Mack, Cobden, and Striker townships, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R020 Page: 56  Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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


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:


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