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MDI31C11NW00050
| Record Name(s) | Gateford - 1991, Cooper Gold - 2004, Vankleek - 2004 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Talc
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 38' 44.47" Longitude: -77° 26' 49.68"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 305942.77 Northing: 4946504.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11NW
Point Location Description: Property symbol CE 2.2 km east of Cooper.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access is obtained by travelling north on County Road 12 (Cooper Rd.) from Hwy 7 to the hamlet of Cooper, east on the gravel township road from Cooper for a distance of 1.7 km, and south to the Lennox farm, from which a diamond drill access road leads southeastward across the Moira River to the shaft area. See also MDI31C11SW00044 Elzevir Tp. (same occurrence).
1909: Vankleek - development work by Mr. W.A. Hungerford and associates. A shaft 75 feet deep was sunk on a quartz vein carrying galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite. 1982: C.R. Young and J.L. Byer carried out diamond drilling on a talc prospect in the vicinity of the gold occurrence. 1985: Twin Buttes Exploration Inc. carried out diamond drilling to evaluate the talc property. 1988: Gateford Resources Inc. completed a total of 13,505 feet of diamond drilling in 33 holes (Madoc #92, 115) 1992: C. Roger Young diamond drilled 936 feet (W9290.00049, Madoc Twp. file 120).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 50, W8809.00041 | 31C11NW0016 | 31C11NW0016 |
| 54, W9209.00049 | 31C11NW0015 | 31C11NW0015 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Talc | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gold-mineralized quartz vein with lead, zinc and copper sulphides and elevated silver values to 1 oz. present (IPO for Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd., 1993).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Cooper Gold | 1990 | Possible | 37120 | OFR 5808, P79 | Gold .23 oz/T |
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV18-01.002 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 141 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Exploration for gold in southeastern Ontario, 1980-1990
Publication Number: OFR5808 Page: 78-82 Date: 1991
Author: LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Initial Public Offering for Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd. 1993
Publication Number: IPO Date: 1993
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