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MDI31C11SW00289
Record Name(s) | Sager Option - 1966 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Mar-01 |
Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 34' 54.51" Longitude: -77° 25' 5.74"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 308021.721 Northing: 4939341.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Point 1.3 km SSW of Queensborough.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This property is located about 11.2 km east of the village of Madoc and 1.6 km west of Queensborough.
1966: The Sager family acquired freehold leases covering the old Diamond Gold Mine property. The Sager brothers, Albert and Gordon staked additional claims and by 1985 controlled 4,000 acres of mining rights. During this time, limited exploration work was conducted consisting of geological mapping, geophysical surveys, and diamond drilling on the property. 1985: W.J. Brown staked additional claims amounting to 840 acres. Fonteneau Resources Ltd., optioned the property (4,840 acres); a private company which transferred the option to Faith Mines Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arbor Resources Ltd. (H.J. Bergmann, Rpt., File 104, Madoc Twp., 1987). 1995: W.J. Brown received an OPAP grant and conducted geochemical and geophysical surveying, prospecting and diamond drilling (OP95-377, 2.16956, Madoc files 128, 133). 2000: Stripping and prospecting by W.J. Brown (Madoc file 144, 2.20812).
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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Tweed file Madoc #128 / 2.16956 | 31C11SW0006 | 31C11SW0006 |
Tweed file Madoc #144 / 2.20812 | 31C11SW2003 | 31C11SW2003 |
Tweed file Madoc #104, OM-85-9-C-82, 63.4873 | 31C11SW0020 | 31C11SW0020 |
Tweed file Madoc #90, DD Rpt. 47 | 31C11SW0017 | 31C11SW0017 |
Tweed file Madoc #74 / 2.8954 | 31C11SW0021 | 31C11SW0021 |
Tweed file Madoc #35 DD Rpt. 30 | 31C11SW0025 | 31C11SW0025 |
Tweed file Madoc #32 DD Rpt. 28 | 31C11SW0029 | 31C11SW0029 |
Tweed file Madoc #8 / 63.2092 | 31C11SW0031 | 31C11SW0031 |
Tweed file Madoc #10 / 63G.6 | 31C11SW0032 | 31C11SW0032 |
Tweed file Madoc #26 DD Rpt. 15 | 31C11SW0034 | 31C11SW0034 |
Tweed file Madoc #25, DD Rpt 13 | 31C11SW0035 | 31C11SW0035 |
Tweed file Madoc #9, DD Rpt. 22 | 31C11SW0036 | 31C11SW0036 |
Tweed file Madoc #23, DD Rpt 23 | 31C11SW0037 | 31C11SW0037 |
Tweed file Madoc #30 DD Rpt. 27 | 31C11SW8597 | 31C11SW8597 |
Madoc #13 / W6909-00067 | 31C11NW5110 | 31C11NW5110 |
Madoc #34 / 29 | 31C11SW0028 | 31C11SW0028 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Grimsthorpe
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Aug 01, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian, an RGP staff) visited the Lot 13, concession 10, his report stated: "This pit may have been an extension of the Sophia Gold mine which is located on lot 14, concession 10. At the Sophia Gold mine a quartz vein carrying both arsenopyrite and gold was discovered in 1896. The veins occur in volcanic rocks which strike northwest and dip vertically. It has been reported that 2 veins were located on the Sophia property. One of the veins named the 'mispickel vein' had a strike of due north and south. The 'free milling vein' had a strike of northwest to southeast."
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite tuff, breccia | Fragmental | Host |
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Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
30 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
35 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
40 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Date: Jan 27, 2005
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: This occurrence was visited on May 10, 2004. There is a very old pit that measures 10 foot square, is approximately 10 to 15 feet deep and is partially filled with water. No outcrop was present. According to Map 2154, the pit is located in an amphibolite schist. Two trenches were also seen on the property.
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1960, #5
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Tweed RGP
File - Resident Geologist files Tweed file Madoc #133, OP95-377
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Location: Tweed RGP
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1984, #48
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Tweed RGP
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