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Record: MDI52N04SE00175

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ashford-Sanden - 1949
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Aug-30
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

Township or Area: Willans

Latitude: 51° 1' 4.25"    Longitude: -93° 35' 2.41"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 459036.596   Northing: 5651971.826    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SE

Point Location Description: 2nd outcrop on E shore Gullrock Lake south of Willans Tp boundary map P.2214

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1949: J. Ashford drilled 2 DDH totalling 59.4 m. There has been more recent exploration in the area for gold, but little for uranium.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
18 52N04SE0164 52N04SE0164

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Is
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent
Diorite 3 Near
Granodiorite 4 granodiorite-granite foliated

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Storey) - Autunite and Tobernite tentatively identified. 1949: Grab sample assays: 1.5% U3O8



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1949 Willans #2

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP


Map - Geological series, Willans Township, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P2214 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1979

Author: Pirie J., Kita J.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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