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Record: MDI41N07SE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) D.L. McDevitt - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Labonte

Latitude: 47° 19' 42.4"    Longitude: -84° 34' 21.24"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 683408.658   Northing: 5244521.401    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N07SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.85 kilometres north of the south boundary of Labonte Township, 3.05 kilometres east of the west township boundary within Lake Superior Provincial Park.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Labonte-0013-A1 41N07SE0014 41N07SE0014

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactivity within fracture zones in pegmatite in Early Precambrian granite / syenite complex. All the rocks are exposed in a 100 to 200 foot high vertical scarp. No. 1 showing consists of a branching fracture, striking N75E and dipping 70 N in red pegmatite. The fracture is exposed for a length of 20 feet and is from 12 to 18 inches wide. A sample acroos 18 inches assayed 0.10 % U3O8. No. 2 showing consists of a single, flat dipping fracture in grey pegmatite. Near the fracture there is a band of course-grained biotite mica that is partly chloritized and is radioactive. No. 3 showing consists of uranium oxide stain on light grey pegmatite. (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 62).




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 18-19  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: 62  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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