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MDI52G03SW00051
| Record Name(s) | Golden Winner - 1899, Duluth Mining - 1901 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Norway Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 0' 16.03" Longitude: -91° 22' 11.83"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 619213 Northing: 5429231 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B14NW, 52G03SW
Point Location Description: Trenching, small shaft location from AMIS
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is via the Premier Lake Road, approx. 38km north of Sapawe Junction on Highway 11.
1899: The Golden Winner Mining Company of Ontario Ltd. conducted trenching and stripping. The sinking of a shaft was also initiated. 1900: Shaft sunk to 19 m with a level at 19 m with a 4.5 m crosscut, 13 m and 11.5 m of drifting was carried out. A 5-stamp mill was erected; the mine ceased operation in October. 1976: Area mapped by K. G. Fenwick for the Ontario Department of Mines. 1983: Atikokan Museum removed mining and milling equipment for a museum display. 1986: Golden Winner Resources Ltd. conducted line cutting, ground magnetic and EM surveys, prospecting, and drilled 9 DDH totalling 450.2 m. 1987: Golden Winner Resources Ltd. carried out stripping and drilled 3 DDH totalling 316.7 m. 1988: Golden Winner drilled 6 DDH totalling 1893 m. 2007-08: Brett Resources Inc. carried out line cutting, mapping, and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 52G03SW0013 | 52G03SW0013 |
| 13 | 52G03SW0021 | 52G03SW0021 |
| 63.4767 | 52B14NW0063 | 52B14NW0063 |
| 63.5081 | 52G03SW0010 | 52G03SW0010 |
| 63.5367 | 52G03SW9223 | 52G03SW9223 |
| 2.44214 | 20000004565 | 20000004565 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Tonalite | 2 | Trondhjemite | Host | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host | |
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 4 | Adjacent |
Feb 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - The main host rock of the mineralization is leucocratic trondhjemite which cuts the gneisses of the Marmion Lake Batholith. The trondhjemite is extensively altered to epidote and sericite, with considerable carbonate locally. A northeast-trending lineament transects the mine area and extends south to the Hammond Reef and Sawbill mines. The sheared zone contained by the lineament consists of a chlorite-carbonate schist that strikes N25E and dips east at 45 degrees (Wilkinson, 1982).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonization | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Feb 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - The quartz vein contained within the shear zone averages 1.5 m in width and crops out for approximately 100 m along strike. Ankerite, pyrite, and chlorite are contained in the quartz vein in trace to accessory amounts (Wilkinson, 1982). Golden Winner Resources collected samples that assayed up to 1.03 gpt Au (0.03 oz/ton Au) in a 5 m wide shear zone that consisted of quartz carbonate with strongly sheared, carbonatized mafic material, in a host rock of fine-grained felsics. They also assayed some crushed rock residue from the vicinity of the shaft. The residue was carbonate rich, contained about 10% pyrite, and assayed 6.17 g/t Au (0.18 oz/ton Au). Results of the 1986 drill program returned gold values up to 3.77 g/t Au over 0.91 m (0.11 oz/t Au over 3 feet) and silver values of 21.94 g/t Au over 0.91 m (0.64 oz/ton over 3 feet) (Assessment file 52B14NW0063).
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 14 |
Gold 4 Ounces |
Fenwick, 1976; Wilkinson, 1982 | Average grade of 0.29 oz/t |
File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Mono - Gold deposits of the Atikokan area
Publication Number: MDC024 Page: 26-28 Date: 1982
Author: Wilkinson S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Finlayson Lake area, District of Rainy River
Publication Number: R145 Page: 46-47 Date: 1976
Author: Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 222-223 Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Feasibility of small scale gold mining in northwestern Ontario (parts of the districts of Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay), volume 1, text, volume 2, appendices
Publication Number: OFR5332 Page: 58 Date: 1981
Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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