Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Mosher-Byles Group - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Slater
Latitude: 47° 9' 57.59" Longitude: -84° 41' 33.07"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 674880 Northing: 5226194 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02NE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 100 metres east of Highway 17, 1.25 kilometres north of the south boundary of Rankin Mining Location.
pre-1952:A.C. Mosher and G. Byles – prospecting, sampling. 1965: Ontario Department of Highways – seismic survey. 1977: Moncreiff Uranium Mines – mapping, soil sampling, scintillometer survey, EM survey, DD-1-1400 ft. 2007: Starfire Minerals Inc. – magnetic, EM and radiometric airborne survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Slater 0015A1/2.2540 | 41N02NE0037 | 41N02NE0037 |
| 2.37938 | 20000003073 | 20000003073 |
| Slater 0023A1 | 20000004977 | 20000004977 |
| Rix 0012 | 41N02NE0042 | 41N02NE0042 |
| Slater 0021/2.2510 | 41N02NE0038 | 41N02NE0038 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mudstone | 1 | Shale | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Host |
Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Pitchblende was reported to have been found near a contact of a diabase dyke with granite. The locality being 100 ft from the Montreal River highway at mileage 70.5.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitchblende | Economic | Ore |
Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - A sample from this occurrence assayed 0.42% U3O8.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Discordant |
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 130 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 53 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: 46 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: 142 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Montreal River area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1955-01 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Nuffield E.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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