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

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.



References:
- Sabina, A. P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13, 23-228
- http://www.mindat.org/blog.php/781/Accessibility+for+Cardiff+Uranium+Mine

http://www.mindat.org/mesg-100-152631.html

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







Mineral List:
Apatite-(CaF)
Biotite
Calcite
Chondrodite
Chrysotile
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Fluoborite
Fluorite
Graphite
Meionite
'Mica Group'
Molybdenite
Norbergite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Sepiolite
Talc
Tengerite-(Y)
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite


22 entries listed. 18 valid minerals.

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