(16,385
ha, 40,488 ac)
Location
The project is located some 50km NNW of the Key Lake mine
and 50 km SW of the McArthur River mine. It is also
adjacent to CanAlaska's Arnold project, to the north and
its Cree East project to the south east.
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NEWS SUMMARY
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Jan 29, 2010 : CanAlaska Uranium and Kodiak Start Drilling at McTavish Uranium Project (more...)
Aug 10, 2009 : CanAlaska Options McTavish Uranium Project (more...)
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Geology
Basement rocks comprising Archean granitoids and Lower
Proterozoic (Trans-Hudson) metamorphic rocks of the
Wollaston and Mudjatik domains are unconformably overlain
by an estimated 600 to 750 metres of flat-lying Athabasca
sandstones and conglomerates. The basement rocks are
composes of supercrustals (psammites, pelites, and
calcsilicates with minor greenstones) and Archean granitic
gneisses. An interpretation of aeromagnetic maps suggests
a series of domes and basins in the basement rocks
trending NW- SE.
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Exploration
Previous work included airborne and ground geophysics,
lithogeochemical surveys and lake sediment surveys by
Denison and SMDC. Work has been concentrated primarily in
the southern and eastern areas of the project. CanAlaska
has used GIS to compile existing datasets and have
assimilated them to create a powerful exploration tool.
UTEM data show that the conductors successfully drilled by
Kodiak Exploration this past winter at their adjoining
West Millennium property extend onto the McTavish Project
and appear to intensify. Previously announced Kodiak
drill hole WM09-04, which intersected a 69 metre thick
fractured graphitic and pyritic pelite unit containing up
to 0.13% U3O8, is located only 400 metres from the
McTavish property and underscores the excellent
exploration potential of the Project. UTEM data also
defines two other large scale, high magnitude conductors
on the McTavish property, both of which are untested by
drilling.
Potential
The potential of this project is for unconformity style Uranium mineralization of both the Simple (Low
REE, basement hosted) and the Complex (High REE, Sandstone hosted) types of Uranium deposit. The nearby Millennium and the McArthur River deposits have proven the fertility of the deep basin, and with modern technology, the great depths which previously hindered geophysical exploration are no longer an issue.
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