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| Record Name(s) | Honey Creek - 1977, Lencourt - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Cassidy
Latitude: 47° 14' 43.57" Longitude: -83° 17' 18.13"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 326827.31 Northing: 5234979.1 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O03NW, 41O06SW
Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, R157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 129 and then via the bush road on the opposite side of the highway from the Flame Lake Camp road. Drive southwest along the road to the west side of Honey Lake.
1968-70: Candian Lencourt Mines Ltd. - sampling, prospecting, pits.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-727 / 63.3914 | 41O06SW0001 | 41O06SW0001 |
| T-727 / W6905-00284 | 41O06SW5000 | 41O06SW5000 |
| T-727 / W6905-00283 | 41O06SW5001 | 41O06SW5001 |
| T-722 / W6905-00279 | 41O06SW5003 | 41O06SW5003 |
| T-722 / W6905-00278 | 41O06SW5004 | 41O06SW5004 |
| T-722 / W6905-00277 | 41O06SW5005 | 41O06SW5005 |
| T-727 / 63.2608 | 41O03NW9174 | 41O03NW9174 |
Province: Superior
Terrane: Ramsey-Algoma
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2692 +/- 3 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384A
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Pegmatitic | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The uranium minerals occur in a large outcrop of pegmatitic granite an dsyenite, comprised of medium to coarsely crystalline red feldspars with some white feldspar and quartz. The mineralization occurs in chloritized fractures within the pegmatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uranothorite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 18, 2013 (A Wilson) - Assays from grab samples ran up to 10.00 lb U3O8 per ton (1969). Further grab samples collected by Lencourt returned values between 0.50 and 0.75 lb/t U3O8. The average uranium content of the best three samples was 0.647 lb U3O8 per ton (T-727).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
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: 41O-3 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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 152 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 6 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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