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Record: MDI41J08NW00061

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Whiskey - 1968, J.A. Pousette - 1991, Rum Point - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-13
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Gaiashk

Latitude: 46° 23' 57.29"    Longitude: -82° 20' 47.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 396495.461   Northing: 5139289.02    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J08NW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 400 metres south east of southern Whiskey Lake, 1.9 kilometres west of the east boundary of Gaiashk Township.



Exploration History

1954: 1 d.d. to 180 feet by British Columbia Explorers Ltd. 1 d.d. to 133 feet by Grand Chiboughgamau Mines Ltd. 1955: 1 d.d. hole to 553 feet by Panel Consolidated Uranium Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Gaiashk-0018-A1 41J08NW0081 41J08NW0081
Gaiashk-0012-A1 41J08NW0101 41J08NW0101

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactive pyritic conglomerate intersected in drilling.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BranneriteEconomicOre
2UraniniteEconomicOre
3MonaziteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Rum Point 1977 Unclassified 1 MR 223 400' X 17' @ 0.66 lb/t U3O8 Uranium 330 g/t

References

Map - Township 137, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: M2003 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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MonoMap - Geology of townships 137 and 138, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R010 Page: 73-74, 78  Date: 1997

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 28-29  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: 21-22  Date: 1984

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1989; Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, Mineral Bulletin MR 223

Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1989

Author:

Publisher Name: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

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