Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McCombe - 1983 |
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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
Township or Area: Peever
Latitude: 47° 17' 35.53" Longitude: -84° 35' 29.91"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 682088.537 Northing: 5240560.361 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, 100 metres south of the south boundary of Lake Superior Provincial Park in Peever Township.
Circa 1950: Prospecting and sampling by J.G. McCombe.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - 5 radioactive zones, 3 occur at or near the contact of a Keweenawan diabase dikes and Early Precambrian granite. The other two occur in pegmatities within granites. The average assay for 13 samples was 0.026 % U3O8. (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 38-39).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Betafite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Ellsworthite | Economic | Ore |
Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium, 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: MDC025 Page: 38-39 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: 146 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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