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Ranwick Mine, Peever Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ranwick Mine | Mine |
| Peever Township | Township |
| Algoma District | District |
| Ontario | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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47° 13' 57'' North , 84° 36' 9'' West
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A uranium mine located near mile 72, Rte 17 (Trans-Canada Highway). A closed mine that is now a tourist attraction.
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MOLYBDOMENITE FROM THE RANWICK URANIUM MINE, MONTREAL RIVER AREA, ONTARIO
The Ranwick Uranium Mine is situated on a northwest-striking, north-dipping diabase dike. The dike, now known as the Ranson dike, is about two miles long and the average width is 70 feet. Pitchblende was discovered near the south contact of the dike by Mr. Ranson in November of 1948. Since then, much trenching has been done across the dike and an adit was driven 1,049 feet along the footwall. From the adit, two crosscuts were driven 70 feet across the dike. Five other crosscuts of only a few feet in length were also driven. Pitchblende occurs in calcite-hematite veins in fractures near the diabase-granite contact. According to Mr. Ranson, most of the selenium-bearing samples came from a surface pit about 80 feet above the adit.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| โ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| โ Chalcomenite Formula: CuSeO3 · 2H2O |
| โ Clausthalite Formula: PbSe |
| โ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| โ Klockmannite Formula: CuSe |
| โ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| โ Molybdomenite Formula: PbSeO3 |
| โ Native Selenium Formula: Se |
| โ Parsonsite Formula: Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 |
| โ Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| โ | Native Selenium | 1.CC.10 | Se |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| โ | Klockmannite | 2.CA.05b | CuSe |
| โ | Clausthalite | 2.CD.10 | PbSe |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| โ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| โ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| โ | Molybdomenite | 4.JF.05 | PbSeO3 |
| โ | Chalcomenite | 4.JH.05 | CuSeO3 ยท 2H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| โ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| โ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| โ | Parsonsite | 8.EA.10 | Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | โ Chalcomenite | CuSeO3 · 2H2O |
| H | โ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | โ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | โ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | โ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | โ Chalcomenite | CuSeO3 · 2H2O |
| O | โ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | โ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | โ Molybdomenite | PbSeO3 |
| O | โ Parsonsite | Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 |
| O | โ Uraninite | UO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | โ Parsonsite | Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | โ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | โ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | โ Chalcomenite | CuSeO3 · 2H2O |
| Cu | โ Klockmannite | CuSe |
| Cu | โ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Se | Selenium | |
| Se | โ Chalcomenite | CuSeO3 · 2H2O |
| Se | โ Clausthalite | PbSe |
| Se | โ Klockmannite | CuSe |
| Se | โ Molybdomenite | PbSeO3 |
| Se | โ Native Selenium | Se |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | โ Clausthalite | PbSe |
| Pb | โ Molybdomenite | PbSeO3 |
| Pb | โ Parsonsite | Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | โ Parsonsite | Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2 |
| U | โ Uraninite | UO2 |
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Ranwick Mine, Peever Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada