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Record: MDI41N07SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dolan - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Peever

Latitude: 47° 18' 23.55"    Longitude: -84° 36' 6.02"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 681284.586   Northing: 5242019.403    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N07SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the shore of Lake Superior, 550 metres south of the north boundary of Peever Township within Lake Superior Provincial Park.



Exploration History

1950: Prospecting and sampling by J.P. Dolan.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Pitchblende at contact of Keweenawan diabase dike and Early Precambrian granite. 17 samples taken from the property contained from 0.003 to 6.6 % U3O8 (radiometric equivalent). (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 38).




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 127  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: MDC025 Page: 38  Date: 1984

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 18  Date: 1968

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Journal - A genetic classification of Canadian uranium deposits; The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 6, part 2

Publication Number: CanMin v.6 Page: 182  Date: 1958

Author: Robinson, S.C.

Publisher Name: The Canadian Mineralogist

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: 146  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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