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): |
Bong Grid; Bong Prospect |
Political location(s): |
Canada; Province or state: Nunavut; Nearest community: Baker Lake settlement (83 km 277.5°) |
NTS map data: |
066A05 (Judge Sissons Lake) |
Deposit clan (type): |
Unconformity-associated |
Deposit (sub) types: |
Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - fracture-bound; fracture-bound Proterozoic Unconformity; located closest to the Kiggavik Main, Centre and East deposits along the Kiggavik Trend, and is geologically similar to them ; Reference: Wallenberg, P., 1994: Update on the Uranium Exploration in the Thelon Basin; In Exploration Overview 1994, Edited by Goff, S. P., Annual Exploration Overview, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Yellowknife, Canada, p. 154 - 155 |
Deposit status: |
advanced prospect; Size category: medium; Status comments: 0.717 Mt |
Geologic province: |
Churchill - Rae Craton |
Geologic subprovince: |
Amer Fold Belt |
Geologic district: |
Eastern Thelon Basin |
Deposit object located: |
drill hole |
Commodities: |
U |
Geological ages: |
Late Paleoproterozoic (mineralization) Middle Mesoproterozoic (mineralization) |
Regional tectonic structure: |
linear feature (fault-controlled 20 km linear trend hosting 7 uranium deposits, striking NE and gently convex to the NW, between the Thelon and Sissons Lake faults) Tectonic structure name: Kiggavik Trend fault (ENE-trending normal fault with downfaulted Thelon Formation on the north side against the basement on the south side; parallels the Sissons Lake fault) Tectonic structure name: Thelon fault fault (ENE-trending normal fault with downfaulted sub-Thelon paleosol on the north side against the basement on the south side; parallels the Thelon fault) Tectonic structure name: Sissons Lake fault |
Deposit shape: |
zone of two lensesDeposit dimensions: | length: 125 metre width: 60 metre depth: 230 metre |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: discovery and development) Discovered in late 1980s; located 4 km SW of the Kiggavik Main zone. Drilling done until 1990 suggested possible additional resources in the order of those reported above. There has been no further drilling done since.
(Applies to: mineralization) The mineralization occurs in two adjacent lenses or blocks: one bottoms at about 160 m depth and the other narrower one plunges NNW to 330 m and is open at depth. Drill indicated resources of 1650 t U in 0.717 Mt grading 0.23 % U. |
Links to other databases: |
GSC U-Th File (Prasad); Key value: 2203 NUMIN; Key value: 066ASW0018 |
References: |
Goff, S. P. Editor(s)), 1994 |
Exploration Overview 1994 |
Annual Exploration Overview, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Yellowknife, Canada |
Wallenberg, P., 1994 |
Update on the Uranium Exploration in the Thelon Basin |
In Exploration Overview 1994, Edited by Goff, S. P., Annual Exploration Overview, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Yellowknife, Canada, p. 154 - 155 |
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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: 1990; 0.717 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: inferredGrade-commodity information: | U: 0.23 percent | weight-commodity information: | U: 1,650 metric ton | Reference: Wallenberg, P., 1994: Update on the Uranium Exploration in the Thelon Basin; In Exploration Overview 1994, Edited by Goff, S. P., Annual Exploration Overview, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Yellowknife, Canada, p. 154 - 155 Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Generated 2007-03-02 2:35:34 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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