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| Record Name(s) | Ranson Dyke - 1949, Canagau Mines Ltd. Property - 1949, Canagau Dike Occurrence - 1949 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Rix
Latitude: 47° 13' 49.61" Longitude: -84° 36' 56.19"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 680490 Northing: 5233531 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02NE
Point Location Description: Location of mining property 6
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Ranwick Mine access road off of highway 17 approximately 4.5km from the Montreal River Harbour. 90m south on access road to abandoned hydro line - trenches are in a large diabase dyke.
1949: Canagau Mines Limited – mapping, stripping, trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Rix 0011-A1 | 41N07NE0014 | 41N07NE0014 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - The Canagau (Ranson ) pegmatite dike is radioactive and has a strike length of ¾ of a mile and has 9 radioactive sections. The pegmatitic material on the Canagau Group is seen to intrude all of the above rock types. The pegmatitic material appears to be of two general types; one a quartz rich, reddish feldspar variety and the other a biotite-rich, grey-coloured variety. Both types form somewhat irregulary shaped masses in the rocks they intrude; in places showing intrusive relationships and in other places replacement relationships. Commonly layers of pegmatitic material appear as sill-like interbeds to the gneiss and schist. There are several diabase dikes on this property. A radioactive section of the Ranson dyke is present in the northeast corner of the group. The Canagau dyke, for a strike length of about ¾ of a mile crosses the central part of the Canagau Group. It contains several pitchblende showings along this section.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Granite | 3 | Adjacent | ||
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitchblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - A fracture plane strikes N75ºW and dips 45º N. The surface of the plane was covered with hematite and in places calcite up to ¼ inch in thickness. In several places, pitchblende accompanied by yellow alteration products. A second fracture striking N5ºW and dipping 55º east intersected the first fracture and had been followed for 20 feet. This fracture also showed patches of pitchblende, one being 2 feet long by ¼ inch thick. A single specimen of wire silver was taken from the muck of the workings.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 125 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: 20 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: 24-25 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: 42 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: 138 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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