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Record: MDI42C12NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A. Punkari - 1960, Asmera - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jun-03
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium

Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Laberge

Latitude: 48° 41' 27.03"    Longitude: -85° 35' 56.26"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 603107   Northing: 5394036    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42C12NE

Point Location Description: Exact location unknown. Using point 146 from OGS map M2614

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: East of Regan Station, south of CPR line



Exploration History

1962: Property owned by A. Punkari. 1984: Asamera carried out soil sampling, and ground radiometrics, magnetics, and IP surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
42C12NE0033 42C12NE0016 42C12NE0016

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo

Geological Age: Early Precambrian  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Tuomi) - This occurrence is in an area underlain by felsic igneous rocks of Early Precambrian age, located in the Superior Structural Province.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 13, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - A ground radiometric survey was carried out in 1984. However, no anomaly was located during the ground survey and the highest reading was 110 counts/second, over a molybdenite-bearing pegmatite (Assessment file 42C12NE0016).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP


Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16

Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 283  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: MDC009 Page: 90  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: 131  Date: 1984

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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