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Cardiff Uranium Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45°1'4"N
Longitude: 78°11'50"W
In veins cutting amphibolite & syenite gneiss; crystalline limestone

The deposit was originally explored for fluorite in 1943 by Cardiff Fluorite Mines Limited: exploration for uranium was conducted by Cardiff Uranium Mines Limited from 1953 to 1955. The mineralization extends for about 3 kilometers along the contact of geniss and crystalline limestone. The development at the South Zone consists of two adits, a shaft to a depth of 83.8 meters, and trenches. The openings are on the eastern slope of a ridge overlooking Irondale River.

It has been thought that material from other mines was processed on site but there has never been a mill on the property. The mine has since been rehabilitated.

Mindat Articles

The End of Cardiff Uranium Mine & Uraninite Cubes, near Wilberforce by Michael Adamowicz


Mineral List

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Augite
Biotite
Calcite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Chondrodite
Chrysotile
Clinozoisite
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Fluoborite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Graphite
Lokkaite-(Y)
Meionite
Melanocerite-(Ce)
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Molybdenite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Talc
Tengerite-(Y) ?
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tritomite-(Y)
Uraninite
Zircon


33 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.

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References

Sabina, A. P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13, 23-228

Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39. Page 70, Cardiff Uranium Mine.

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