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Record: MDI31C05NE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ackerman - 1988, Campbell-Blomfield - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1988-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Marmora

Latitude: 44° 29' 59.13"    Longitude: -77° 36' 46.26"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 292282   Northing: 4930703    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05NE, 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Precise, from AMIS record. Location of open pit.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Travel 3.2 km east from Marmora on Highway #7. Turn sought and go about 30 m on sideroad which meets old # 7. Turn right and head west on old #7 about 60 m to a single lane road going to your left - south. Follow this road about 100 m, keeping to the right fork which leads to the workings.



Exploration History

Pre-1932: Operators unknown completed early development consisted of a shaft about 70 feet deep. Several hundred tons of ore were removed, mill recovery was reported to be 0.24 to 0.44 oz/ton Au. 1932: Operators unknown completed surface sampling and trenching outlined a mineralized zone in a 1500-foot vein system on the property. 1937: Ackerman Gold Mines Ltd. erected several mine buildings and mine equipment was installed. A 2-compartment shaft was opened along a 45 degree W incline to a depth of 170 feet. At 170 feet, 12' of crosscutting and 40' of drifting were completed. 1938: the shaft was deepened to 270' and 600' of drifting was completed at the 170' level. 1942 - Consolidated Mining and Smelting drilled 6 diamond drill holes on the property. 1950-1951: Ackerman Gold Mines Ltd. evaluated the property. An additional 3200' of drilling was completed, however the results were not submitted for assessment. 1981, 1983 and 1984: R.L.V. Ekstrom carried out various electromagnetic and geological surveys. One diamond drill hole of 122' was drilled. 1985: Belmar Resources carried out geological, magnetic, VLF-EM, and self potential surveys on this property. 6 DDH were drilled for a total of 1,237'. Two of the holes were drilled on the number 1 shaft while the other 4 were in the vicinity of shaft #2. 1988: Champion Gold Resources carried out geological and I.P. surveys and drilled 4 DD holes totalling 1,588' in 1989.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Domain: Belmont

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Apr 19, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - The property is on the margin of the Deloro granite, within the Belmont domain of the Elzevir terrane in the Grenville structural zone.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Syenite Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz-Ankerite Contains

Lithology Comments

Nov 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - The property is underlain by late Precambrian intrusive rocks and sediments of the Grenville structural province. The deposit occurs in a quartz vein within the intrusive (mapped as syenite by Ekstrom). The vein is mineralized with arsenopyrite, pyrite and gold. The north-west trenching quartz dips 30 degrees SW and widths to 6 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3FluoriteEconomicOre
4GoldEconomicOre
5MagnetiteEconomicOre
6PyriteEconomicOre
TourmalineAlterationGangue1

Mineralization Comments

Nov 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - The mineralized zone at the Ackerman prospect occurs within a quartz-ankerite vein system approximately 1500 feet long. Vein mineralization consists of disseminated euhedral grains and massive veinlets of fine-to-medium-grained arsenopyrite. Disseminated pyrite is locally abundant.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Site Visit Information

Date: Jan 11, 2001

Geologist: C Papertzian

Notes: The property was visited on August 15, 2000. The area around the # 1 shaft that had been backfilled had slumped by approximately 2 to 3 feet. The number one shaft is located by a blue bar with the number 86 on the top of it.


Date: Jan 21, 2005

Geologist: C Papertzian

Notes: The property was visited on May 11th, 2004. The area around the # 1 shaft that had been backfilled (15 feet by 10 feet) had slumped by approximately 6 to 10 feet. The number one shaft is located by a blue bar with the number 86 on the top of it. Another shaft located in the swamp just east of the Moira River and just south of highway # 7 was approximately 15 feet deep and 10 foot square. There appeared to be clay in the bottom of it and wood protruded from the sides of the shaft for approximately 6 feet. Marker number MS90 denotes a pit/shaft that is 15 feet square and exibits subsidence to 6 feet. Marker number MS91 denotes 3 arsenic dumps approximately 20 feet by 30 feet each. The fence is down on one of these sites located nearest the Moira River while the fences still remain intact at the other two sites.


Date: Apr 19, 2023

Geologist: Mateo Dorado-Troughton

Notes: Visited by the Southern Ontario RLUG, RRG, DG, and DGA for reconnaissance. There still appear to be unfenced and slumping pits.



References

Publication - Arsenic-bearing deposits in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 4

Publication Number: Econ Geol 4 Page: 104  Date: 1927

Author: Hurst, M.E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102439


Publication - Gold Occurrences of Ontario East of Lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192

Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 115, 117  Date: 1936

Author: Kindle, E.D.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824


Book - Northern Miner 86-05-19, Belmar Res., p. 19

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Part - Arsenic in Ontario

Publication Number: ARV11.009 Page: 104  Date: 1998

Author: Wells J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 44  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Gold development potential in eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5379 Page: 3, 9, 27  Date: 1982

Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 108  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology of Belmont, Marmora, and southern Methuen townships, Peterborough and Hastings counties

Publication Number: OFR5537 Page: 190,191,193  Date: 1985

Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 310-3  Date: 1985

Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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