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Record: MDI41N02NE00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Patrick - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Peever

Latitude: 47° 13' 33.49"    Longitude: -84° 35' 6.8"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 682805.29   Northing: 5233104.315    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N02NE

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 700 metres east of the Montreal River, 250 metres north of the south boundary of Peever Township, 1.95 kilometres east of the west township boundary.



Exploration History

1949-1951: Trenching and geigor-counter testing, 24 d.d. holes totalling 2007 feet by Patrick Uranium Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Peever-0010 20000004802 20000004802

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - The radioactive anomaly occurs within the sheared contact zone between a Keweenawan diabase dike and Early Precambrian granite. It is associated with pitchblende bearing, calcite hematite veins located within the sheared contacts and in the tension cracks in the diabase. The average assay from a bulk sample 0.101 % U3O8 (chemical) (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 39).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PitchblendeEconomicOre
1CalciteEconomicGangue
2HematiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 131  Date: 1952

Author: Lang, A.H.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450


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:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Mamainse Point-Pancake Bay sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P3062 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1987

Author: Grunsky E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Geology of the Montreal River area

Publication Number: ARV64-03 Page: 24-25  Date: 1997

Author: Nuffield E.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division

Publication Number: P0302 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 16-17  Date: 1968

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 39  Date: 1984

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

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:


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: 143  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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