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Record: MDI41J10NE00026

General

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

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Viel

Latitude: 46° 40' 1.29"    Longitude: -82° 40' 22.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 372032.749   Northing: 5169521.801    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J10NE

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 100 metres east of Rottier Lake.



Exploration History

1953-1955: Geol. survey, 1 d.d. hole to 900 feet by Gaitwin Explor. Ltd. 1969: Combined airborne MAG and EM surveys by A. St. Denis.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Viel 0012-A1 41J10NE0019 41J10NE0019
Beange 0038 41J10NE0020 41J10NE0020
Viel-0010-B1 41J10NE0013 41J10NE0013

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Uranium mineralization occurs in ferruginous feldspathic conglomerate bed of the Lorrain Formation. The bed is 5 feet wide and extends for 1100 feet. Geiger counter readings showing radioactivity five times background along this bed. (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 55-56).




Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Viel and Piche townships, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2305 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1975

Author: Wood J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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

Location:


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:


MonoMap - Geology of the Rawhide Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R129 Page: 58  Date: 1975

Author: Wood J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 55-56  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: 108  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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