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KBPQJff ON fill, CEIGEH COUflTHl tfORg AfC;KttK DQffl. OM THE CALHDR GROUP,

OTTER fu\FID:, AR.-i, Pin TWTGiHIP, D18OUCTQg wxaiRaias. o?3TAHio .^^.^^^.^^.^

Please Bee Plane l, 2, and l)

l* Tho proporty in a proopeet for radioactive tdnerai*. It

prints IB dairno and if? loon tod in Pitt ?o.mahip, aatridv tho Abitibi

at Otter Rapids, approximately 92 nil^a north of Coohnmo*

2. lha property is raodily noooa^iblo fnm the

branch of tho Ontario Northland Railway, .r5iioh paas*o through tho wott part

of th-j property,

3. 71:a diooovory v*in (tho Moahar troin) io ft fina groinod omrboiMit*

vein Avoraging about 0,5* "id** Tho vain rraoturo out* PrMMflfftea pMiasmiy

twf-mtlt^a, and diabaao. It strllwe at 247* tod dip* at 75* to tho *oot. It

hao b.xjn axpooed IntoraittantOy ovor a longth of 240*. At tho Muth ond tho

voin pasr?0s under rubbio and tfwio* under tho bod of tho rivotf to UM north

it me oa undor the bod of tha rivwr. thin vain han boon tjmvoratid with

tin; (ol|jer oountor andl aix oaaplo0 bavo boon tonoa from tho opota ttet

nave thj boat roadinf s. Tht* anaiysor of thooo snapuUt ohoiwd that olnoot

ali tho radio&otlviV IB dua to thorium and that the thorium oontont is low,

averaging about 0,2556.

A* Hie aroa of tho claiisn nao eyatuaaUoaUr travorood. All out*

crops vruru ft)no ovor in dotoil. Throe other eaa31 aroae woro dieoovorod

in pu^mtitoR thrii show d low radioactivity, Thoeo aroaa are uninportant*

Isuch? oast fyon nJlaaeo 91*7 on tha railroad to tho head of Otter

Porraorly tha Abitibi ttivor provided A good oano0 nwto tuU* the country,

but oJjaoa tha railroad has boon blillt this baa baan uaed vary Uttla.

Direct tiecemn by air is not faaoiblo owind to the f aot

that tbo rivor lo gunarally ahallow, vary Ifeat* of ̂ ^'

and liberally etuckloa with bouldore. The witttr uwlarottinds that

eomo paoplo entwod tha area by landing at ttrowwdala aouth of tho fa31a

and tv.onco prooaodod by boat down tha Abitibi about 30 miles to the

In addition to the tmina twnttonod,.Rbovaf it 10 poaaibl*

to tolophont* out Dross Gortii ftapictaf a atop on th^ railroad at

96*?* Tolagmni} aro aleo mint and rooolvod ter thia tttlophono viati ? ' T """^ ' #**;' '"V -.' -^ ' ' ll "'!t -f' 5 ' ~^i! "

whloh too (t tolof^raph Of f loo and 10 lo^itod *tt f^i^ao'^.5. * r j j

lA'i'fili AfTO PIWIVISIOBS

to tho foot that the Abitibi Rivor iw haavlly ladan.."- , .' .' i' . ' : ' ' ''" - - ,:V X 'f.-K^.'.'iV'^ . -ii?

with nllt and is aleo ohur^od vitli wftatf tvw Uw paper *Ulo on tho upper: . ' ' ,. - ', ' .' , ', "" - '-' ;'' ' : , - ' ; "'.' --1 - •*'' ".- 1 ^ ' .

roaoho8 of t&M rivor, it i- iinoul^blo f or drinking or oooking, Tho result

10 that oup!41^B of drlnkinj; r-ator iiro dependent upon Ww wwU Ojwaka ttwt

or tributary to tta* Abitibi. Thoae ara ejwraoly (Jiotarlbuted, RwJ f(*w do

not dry up during tho aumoor faon^ba*

iiupiiioo UTO rwot r^mvoniontly puurohftB-Jd in Coohrand, but in

United amounts wm bo obtained frcta the raaidonta at Coral

anci poaoibly frow tha atoro of Uio Ontario Mydr0at^^

(e.)

Tho tC'po.TapKy of tho aroa lo in nwiorul a lotf, monotonous

plnin wv. 'oh olefin ; ont-ly tov/nrOo JMKJJJ Bay, It If oovwod with

uifikOtfB am? a futf rareJ/y lak^s?, S'he only elevated area 3 uonniat of low

of jrlacial ttutorinl ancj ft for? low ouvorop are if}, 7ho wost notablo

if tiiy rulativuly utraij'jht Abitibi rlvorf vjhich has out a stoop*

wiley tJirourh tria ^JUioicd Rmv^ie aivl ol*^ and at placon roaches

r. dej^th of fsJ^ui. 75" bolow tho pcmoral olovation of the plain. Itoft

rivar erooiwe tJw lYoo(iKibriftn*B(tloo8oic contact just to tha north of Oitor

rapids, bui boyoncl t?io U.xli:'j('.)c axj3Qoui\*fl ill tlw river vsilloy tboro le

little or no vojx){Ti phicxil ow*r*oKion of tlio c?ung;o* lEIiu actual contact

in no*/ uxpoixid*

J}KJ t'iiiin oxjK*5.iurt*i-; c^i; bixi-rook ara k) bo fcunu wloJit* *^a wftoH

of tho rjvur at Otto. rupjjtl8| t^^*al3# O)idy u fwsr hundred f^at iii width

#it5i H ftK; t.jfKioraUrly litrfjd u^t^t loaat^d bet'-tooii /*0,.O* and 6000 1 oast of

tho rivtsr, OtJi r aiaillor nra:u aro to ba found, but thoy nra isddoiy

Vhu writor in inclobtatJ to f*f. ilo^g of tlxi Ontario Dapartwtmt of

f.i, bov'i for in 'omul i. on obtHS^i-wi vft^n hu *m?? in tho ttXN*R in oarly Juno,

*'c?r in' "orrasitlon (H?ntxiiiioci in hie prolitfiizwiry jniport on thu shoeing*

inform tio;.; hu:- baondTt*m from hit; report, partloulorly tli data

rof'! thin euotion work.

(b)

Ont;. l^opv. :"iuu6 i'.lUlWV/ by M. Hogg)

L

Middle itovonian)

o Dykoa peridotite dyfeoa

and

l '-i ab (iran Mot GIVJ.IRSOO

Tim Tocamhriwi rooks of th aroa of Otter mpldo haw

nant'ionod by J. 0. C-roeo ("Tho Abitibi and lybttagnai Hivero", tot.

, of Minwa, Vol. ?.} t !'l, 2) and aor^ fully doaorlbod by H. Kogy*

oldoat amt jnojst widoopr^iri of th0 sirtjoatrterian roclca of tha of^i ore

',, *?3iifth wuif'o frotn Ww prodoRlmttt blotit**-f^anwt frnuian to a

biotite n^ieii lnokin;* In garnota, 1^i*j farnetiforoua {-noise fcppearo to

bo Io05 pruvrtlont in t1 ;'* uutcr^i)s, whiah ara found Hp*pcpoxiiafttoXy one-half

ffiilo to th'5 w.yt of tho I'lv-jr* Uiwn tJioy are alon^ the bonks at Otter rapldo,

Xho fcdlation of t! to f^ieiOBoo hae u ffonnrftl oa t-wuot 8t4*lko, i^hile the

in dip from nof.*rly horinontal to va*tioal Indioatoe o probabl*

of pairalldl folds, tho axoa of .tfktob hitvo tfao aamo

AB chown on If m l the ffnoissoe s*aro f?UbdivJd(Xl in only u f**

eyoriito and ff&nlte aro found iwiinly alone the

of Ovt^r rjtpid!/ but. ona outcrop of ayanito was aeon eeet of the river

boyond Uho boundnrlot? of the (Mtor claiwa. Much of thaoo roclcfl are

fresh in appftjwmco, but. probfibly half of the exposure s0an ohowod

dogroo of foliation* )n tha aoooifiwnyinf- Plan 1| WM*y are groupad undor

the; goneral haadln of syonito f?wiHu and r^nlto* ')na outcrop of grnnito

ol)o0nrad urhlch yhotruii a erudo au;.^n stntcturo with uyos of quarts about

m. by 2 am. This rook gave fi reading on the geiger counter equivalent' , -v'v:. ;- y""'.'-V' 1 ' ^'.v'..'' : v.';v-: ' :. :'^,,;v s ",;:i-^: i!;v':?y^v-''' v ' : to a pegne.titev ' - "'.X'.' - ';;""-•"•'•^''"'"''••- ;; ' t: '' !''-'T - : ' ;'—'"-'^ ""'"

Pegmatite dyke* of

in aiisi* out all the above

pegmatite into the pwiosoB ma noted

thorn in many plaoe* were ftaall

no

. *hap*

' . U-- ~, '.i 'l*.*'

..^V^rV*- 1 '

injootlon of the

..,^^^^.-K^j-^:^.'':^^.^A

Much of the

feldspar with relatively little

iu*.'j^j—'V ' JL.I -JL'^^i(i.ji?uiiJI ^MiiiW^.'i* AW ''^^L^^^y^^^|^J|'.' '.. " -J . . ' "' '' '' ' " *l

;^WS|fS^were preaent in the larger 4jr|wl. -. ^ ̂ ^^^.^^^

ware blebo and cryata^ of ilniaiiit*; with .i|^|||^^^^. , ' ..Vi,., ' i.. : ," .j.i| 'Ir ,V.A**!if!vLXf..iit' ; -*,^^V . ''f'- .'i-.:' 1 S,,: .-. -, ' ' '''j^'i .Vi 1. f A'TT^ , ' ' -1^

to one-half inch} aa unidentified

in lustra with a rod

crystal* {wpocu"iarlte?)j

coloured dark brown

last group were of very Mall tlze,

They were tentatively identified ae aonaiiU

T^l :?7^*^~^Z^f^.^^f^ '-i-^^^V::' . ' •\^^''.f'Z''':'.. :^-'.-'--':'' i '' :\^l*.'tf'M'-?ty^^^

s*^i^'^"'v^a-;w : ^t^ii*- li '^^ " *^w' •'^•-.. : .- r - ' ; - : ;A,. Ma*

dykes

oceur frequently along Otter

at any frefit diatanoe froc the

out to fora steep-walled gulliee/ so

, TOsoMwee W^gijliljl!^^

rapJ4a^|^;;^||^^|^

L^iiiifiiiiii^'i di(ef.^iii#:^'--. :̂^;:^^^i;:^^^river any present aro covered with ;i([H||||5||p^|i^

rooiw previously mentioned*

Narrow, fine grained

rooke of the area and have

6.

of thuir rtdationeHp to augite peridotite dyke tthioh are of

this ufto, Hogg alao reports that there ney ba a clofiH) relationship

tho lamprophyre dj^cui; taxi thu radioaotlvo vain.

of th-2*

ii -"&1 fxmturwj oro tho curt-frost striking folding

nbovo, AIK) n group ef well defined cnnyon^llke

^hioh gmxM^lly jjar&llyl the ehortm of tha rlvor* Tharo IR no

of aovsBsint In oounection with th* ftraoturiag. - v

cf i "

Ilia !,kjyhor vein lo tii* Only win-typo r&dloaotlv*

know to b0 proaunt In thfs m'wu. It lios in one of the proniXMtit north-

south 'cauyonu", Bti'licoi; K13*fi, Rtxl dips 751" w**t. Thy aotml voia lid*

In ' a^!w of dosa-spnood fracturing with a laoxiMffl width of 8 f to 10*.

'iti,- voin varioo in width up to about 0.8 S and would average about 0.51 .

The vein i 1 - ooapoaad of ft fine grained pro;/ oryetallieod

oarbonute, nrhicb Ho^: ioiwitif ioe ^enUtlvely on an Inpyro dolonito. It

is udii^rftlijcoa .fit;, w^oulnrlta, pyrit*s, and e mull ftissount of ohaloopyrito.

Mr*. Hojg litiu oxandivju Ui;; vain material nioroaooploally end finda it oow-

pooixi of 75^ or bettor of oarbomtto with loasor funotxnt.* of orthoolnso,

ulbitu, f)flla crotin Ruecovite, on ^ huiratito. Mo visibly ^vicionco of

tms noted,

wits this vein it* a ooarat' gr?tinod

and CjUart.it-oiLrboriftte vwli:, vr!:lcu ^r*nNaiy strikes parallel to it about

foot u^ th^ east ond iw probably eoMdwhet older*

A second 0ubaidiary Tt*in rauiofeOtlvity i* lorn tod

7,

t 10* to thtj on t of the tain vain. It str'ksa hbou dua north and

dip- bwUw-sn 65 'tnd 70rt *aat. It i tkxpoaad for about 70'. It i*

cemposod of coarsely crystalling oarbonax^ and tihons low radioactivity

parts of I S ,B length. Jbwro i no avidsnco of any uranlum-btmring

As ihfcim on : inn 2, t:; a fealn v*ln is aaeposaci In nnort

p.ro" ! -.-ufi mrar a total dietanco of 240'* Xho poMitilo oxtsnalon to the

eouth Is 3ovarud j-dti 1 rub le anti than ooutlauaa under tl*o river b*i. To

the north, tha noaalbl^ extension la in tba rivw bod for A dlstAixs* of

about 150* to H rock l aland ihuaro north-south frftoturii^: o&n bw wwm bat

no vein mtirinl, (intl th*sn continuyu on onoVtor BiX)' to ti pronouacNKl

cleft --'r-.iob la largely ill- -d with rubble. Ho ovldWMM of v*in

or radioactivity aora found Ht Uia cloft*

smll areas in pojTaotlte it^r* found

a nrcnounoo:; rl@o in rauAo-iCtivity. In all C'JBS^B thora imp a Dink

calourntlon to thy fald part ffhio contraatod oharply with tho nornal

colour. In all csmw tlie rook oontainad vory miall iqrystAls of til*

rdnorald tun'vfttiv^l;/ l.lonvifiw RS aithor raonatito or thorit*.

3 re. t a tho location of tins largaot of thdaa araa** Itera in oloat

association wlf ••-'.•a iH^odJUtto vicinity of tho rftdlo*otivlty,

orjetals of thii ;j])0cnlarito (?) i^rwioufflly doaorlbsxl w0r* fotuxl,

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KiSKJRT W UK G ICBR COUJTCKt &TMC AM)G-JObOiilCiU. -tfWiK MJWjS 015111}'; CAUUK QftOOP*OTTER RA!*IPS AKFA, PITT T0388HIP, DISTRICTop rxiURMEU QHiaBio^ ^^^-^^

020

EORffiQRD

During th^ fall of 1947 UT. Ala* Moabor diaoovorod a

vain boorln - radioaetivo mtori&l in W.tt Totmahip* Ontario* and staked

a largo block of claims around it, Moneta I'oroupina Uinoa LiBitad

optionad IB of Uiese clalisp that belonged to Calaor tttnaa United and*

in tho ami or o'1 1943, o rri*xl out a dkitoilod gelflar ootmter ourvay and

u Boolo ioal racc-nnaiosanoo in tm of fort to find taor.) valnn showing

tho 'Jlot cf Au;-iiot,

in tho f l dltl most of t.

tiio survey*

oarvlod out betwMm ttw 3rd of Juno and

witii tliti mritfir boing in charge of tho party

time, 'i'hit? ropoart oovora the oporationo of

... 899 Plan 1)

The jwoixjrt;/ ooopriaas IB elaimo, T*28739 to

ihelunlve, an.: T-23T^I tc T-28729 inclusive. They ore loon tod in

central ri t; t Towns! Ip, D i 1 1 trio t of Cochrane, Teoifikaalag fining Division,

Ontario. Yhu group llae autridti the Abitibi Uiver about 93.5 *il*s north

of Gooiira.no and oxc-umif) soutl. froia the nortli and of Ottar EApida, a

distance of ttpproxiimtoly 2 miloo,

oruti is ftorvod by t*o northbound and two

south bound truino ;xir woak on t/ w bjmnoh of tho Ontario Korthland Hail*

road, runnin," tiorth fror. Cochrana to ^oosonoo, A good trail, 1500* longt

foot*:

vi t:- ig^r-?lu'alli*r oountern awra of t w

-4'Jch ara mmufncturad by ..'loetroriiOB Afltsecilat** Ltd, of Toronto*

xiw l*!** t*r, kno ni ae tib?* Sa-lJOg hue y-

.; s with r, toi-ul aathodki projtjtot-^d ar*it of ftbottv i8 B'lUnn* Inchois*

Is by an A ruad B battwy of tha s^orte'nlo r*v(iio type and basa two

circa! t a, one* of ..r.lch aarvae to etwp up the volta^o

tutoaa to ap^iraxiimitttly HOOD voit4?f 'tho otlwr bain*; cai

circuit, '.'. h.-.ingd* in rudio*ioU.vIty ar* ttoVJd mtlUbdy bgr the

or tkKjrw.a Jjn oliaka h**.5 Uirou^h tha eftyphma*s wito which

is 'icruipp^^ tax; vjl uaUI^' tgr - *xiaa of a adoro-tmsf itttwr

^:c-.'. o;" m.iMaitiJty *r* poa*ifel**f fe^ ^t &W 1C^, and th*

C;M "ft,'.'.ixs, swoh otic-fifth w s e-inaltiwi aa ife* ptxtvlous ono, *fJi* Inttrumcmt

If* lb::, nixl lg cavlw over lha 0i)O.ildar in a haver ae ok

fko

In oo**t,

*ith tin 'iffoo

i;: m? miero-c.a .-

thd 12A-100 or prospector

^xoopt tlat it ha* only ooo gaifer tab*

t o,f about 6 s*juar* inolwttf thtr*

fi jnaltivity IB riwsd, fhe flight of thie

inatrunttnt IM i;i*-6jjd-o^tt-hulf

,4f ti fuidfi to t^M 8On6itiTit^t tho bat'Jcgroutki count

ranijiKl frotr a lo ? of si bout, 3 rcicaro-fjajxwoe on tho ^ aoal* of the EA-0.30

r.nti*ut-'jnt 'to a hi h of about 10^ #it:i R normal o.f about 8

IX

tho background w** uaually apparwolAbly hlrfb0r, wuryiag

froa 15 to 50 *loro-ar:porttd on tha 2tf 00010*

ilw EA-100 inetro&ant m0 ooa**hat loan 0*n*ftiv* than

tho larger wcdal, but, ihooxpwrlaaaeod operator oouid usually dotott

inoraasofi wb'ch v*ura approximately ^|uivni*nt to 10 to 15

ot; the 2^ aoal0*

fho jjoiiural txlfsn of ffork *0* to nm 0jr*to0Btio

travervas over all vfw claims At int*nml0 of 300 to 400', with

r-crw det&Utfd vrori: haln: (lorn on All otttaropo loo^twl both fro*

*nd froa

of 150* ^ 100* , or lo*s , do;jmiaing on oondltlcna. Arwi0 which were oon-

to bo of fflfiooifll proedUMi auoh aa fttlli*0 with 0 BMTttHMitth

o-irbojutto r* as, {jfroffittwot jointi, and *r**n of pagantit* rtiioh abovod

* bri;rht plnJc colouration were gone orir *ith {NtrtimilAV o*r*,

tn*vt*r*as *.sro run ov*r all Aoowteiblo IslAad** Tha nborolitto of

Abitibi, the iwilfofld tmeky OIK! MI/ tamile or portAfM varo all

/.'. g rai-i of ttraab nqjr nra'iw wi;Ic)t ttva a r0mding of 40 aloro"anpay00 or

bat or on tho ^J f^ula of the KA-130 ootmtar w*r*

(o)

he cnl/ u^ o t dicoovarod by ttM Goifwr t^vorofia that

highwr mdiooctivlty thRa ordinary it* that

in Sector 3* Similar but *oro aotlw* ATd&o than tiii0 bad b00tt round

ffhors ano had boon .'^aploci* rihe ramiltt ner* fiur bolow or* {pod* *o that

thie njtsmt buaMoo baini of Tury tMRll ox tent, l* 0noh balow or* grotto*

j ;.t* activity i;, iv^ tt-Tud xo bo caua*i bjr a f*** aoattoroti fiAO brown to

-u

5* Geolopioal jrt/oo'imiefanoo napping mt* done* In all tho work*

IK* Mvidonoo of wlnoralo txsaring taoro tlmn n^iigiblo aoounts of uwmlu*

ma

In tha light, of tl^o reoulto of the above work* the writer

jo tkit no furthor *rork ba clcmo by Sonata on those olainot

Ill

e t ra* and light p:nk coloured eryntali that MJT bo ironatito or a witty

of radioactive zircon, posulbly thorlta,

this loagth of tho Mofthar win va0 lawrariwKt tad alx

a*ttplao taken, Swoh of tha ftftnpioa wan roughly ttot aquivalant to a

pocxs oJJL;;. oTtr 0.5** Finn 2 oho** tbolr loo^.ti^ and the foUovJUBf

tabii 0uimmrl*of) tho ra^ultu. 'itia-'ti ft?'.^ilo* woa*e taken fro* tb* sjx)t*

that pvvo t^* hl^lwtfpt gdigop roadlngt(( Uw hi^iost boiag

on

Contact Contaot

UX

H4

0.034

0*0490.043 0,103 0.05J

0.14 0.23 O.W 0.180.440.22

0.0090.00? 0.012 0.0100,023 0.013

H 4io.r*:nt exfaiifti(*a of tlMi Boahor vain fruoture

950* to tho noi*th mn rom* over owafull/ nith tlw gol^or ooUDnttfr* but

mdloactlvity.

T x) other vary smll opott on ttoo olnint war* fonndi that

tt;^)raolabiy higliar roadliipi than aonnl for that type of rook, In

O4i(3oa tho arui^ wore of tiw or4ar of 2ft)uare foot and the intonaltgr

of radiation not hli-h, J^in tha ooourronooo wara in pagaatit* nad a f aw

browioh er/ot&ls ^aro preaant,

itevid J,.-at), 27th, 194ft

*fUC/V

, -\^^^^ff ^Cf^f ̂ J7~

*^rc-

(*V^7

v

V^ ' wrs cn-% c

3' 6enf*.f sink* **d d if of foftalton of

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DETAIL SKETCHAREA OF STROMA

RAO/O - ACTIVITYT 28740

728746

Claim Pott*

d*w ***d cwbfclt

OTTER RAPID* ARCA, P/TT TOWNSHIP. ONT.

CI*.m /iinvs .

it Q J

KETCHor

OF RAO/O-ACTIVE CALMOR CLAIM TZ8746.

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SCAJ.C /"- /OO'

kifk

HlJ/l (f C If C l" r4*rfl*f l, *V,-cr-t

Julv /9tK. 1348

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