Database name: |
Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2007-03-02 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Paul Bay Grid (claim name); Paul Bay Ore Shoot (drill hole CB89004) (occurrence name) |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Saskatchewan |
NTS map data: |
074H15 (Close Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Unconformity-associated |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - clay-bound; the polymetallic mineralization is in graphitic metapelite along a fault dipping gently to the south; the ore shoot is 35 to 75 m below the sub-Athabasca unconformity, which is at depth of about 400 m; Reference: Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2001: Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index; Government of Saskatchewan, Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Internet |
Deposit status: |
advanced prospect; Size category: small; Status comments: the ore shoot is about 200 m long and 80 m wide and plunges south-southeast |
Geologic province: |
Churchill - Hearne Craton |
Geologic subprovince: |
Wollaston Domain (Fold Belt) |
Geologic district: |
Eastern Athabasca Basin |
Deposit object located: |
drillhole |
Commodities: |
U; Au; Ag; Cu; Pb; Zn; Ni; Co |
Host rocks: |
(1) metamorphic; metasedimentary schist |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: discovery and development) The prospect area was explored during 1977-1986 by Asamera Oil Corporation. The work involved various airborne and ground geophysical surveys. In 1986 PNC Exploration Canada Ltd. staked the area, and conducted soil geochemical survey, and ground TDEM survey. Exploratory drilling in 1989 encountered mineralization. Further TDEM survey and drilling in 1991 and 1992 outlined the ore shoot, and led to a resources estimation reported by the company that year. In the following year further exploratin and drilling led to the discovery of Ken Pen zone on Ken Peninsula. Further surface exploration drilling continued on the mineralized zones and and surrounding area until 1996.
(Applies to: mineralization) The Paul Bay ore shoot has a core zone of uraninite-pitchblende, which surrounded by a sulphide-arsenide zone, followed by a sulphide zone and outer weak sulphide-arsenide zone. The first generation uraninite-pitchblende occur as massive and colloform aggregates, and the second generation as reniform aggregates. |
Links to other databases: |
SMDI; Key value: 2654 |
References: |
Saskatchewan Geological Survey, 2003 |
Geology, and Mineral and Petroleum Resources of Saskatchewan |
Miscellaneous Report, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, Publication code 2003-7, 173 p., 4 maps. |
Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2001 |
Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index |
Government of Saskatchewan, Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Internet |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. | Estimate date: 1992; 212,941 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: indicated resourceGrade-commodity information: | U: 2.99 percent | weight-commodity information: | U: 6,367 metric ton | Reference: Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, 2001: Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index; Government of Saskatchewan, Geological Atlas of Saskatchewan, Internet Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Generated 2007-03-02 2:36:40 PM with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19/3.20/3.21 -- 2006-02-24) GlobalDB System, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
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