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| Record Name(s) | Cadieux Zinc Prospect - 1948, Renprior Mines Property - 1950, Renfrew Zinc Prospect - 1922, Hisko Property - 1950 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead
Township or Area: Admaston
Latitude: 45° 24' 46.91" Longitude: -76° 42' 32.18"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 366281 Northing: 5030255 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive southwest from Renfew on Pucker Street past Belanger's Corners. Continue 1.9km to RR Numbers 1452A-B (D.Bourdreau mail box). Take small trail northwest to house. Continue through locked gate to north and east to workings.
1922: J. Legree and W. Dean carried out pitting. 1925: Coniagas Company optioned the property and carried out stripping and 5 diamond drill holes. 1926: Ottawa Valley Syndicate completed 4 diamond drill holes. 1926: British Metal Corporation (Canada) Limited completed 20 diamond drill holes totaling 4745 ft. 1944: Canadian Department of Mines carried out a metallurgical study. 1947: New Calumet Mines Ltd. completed 13 diamond drill holes. 1948: Cadieux Mines Limited completed 7 diamond drill holes. 1950: Lomega Gold Mines Limited acquired the lease. 1950-51: Renprior Mines Limited began mill construction, mining. 1951: Renprior Zinc Mines Limited carried out trenching, mapping, ground geophysics, and 45 diamond drill holes. 1972: Kerr Addison Mines Limited carried out ground geophysics, geochemical, geological surveys, trenching, and 5 diamond drill holes. 1978-83; Sulpetro Minerals Ltd. completed 27 diamond drill holes totaling 4423m, mapping, soil geochemistry, ground geophysics, sampling, OVD, and trenching. 1996: Breakwater Resources Ltd. had the property. 1997-98: Noranda Mining and Exploration Ltd. carried out prospecting, mapping, and diamond drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Admaston File 2 / 63.4244 | 31F07NE9400 | 31F07NE9400 |
| Admaston File 1 / 63.4244 | 31F07NE9400 | 31F07NE9400 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Silicic, Dolomitic | Gneissic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Calcitic | Adjacent |
Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - The marbles of the property have been subdivided into three types: 1) calcitic marble; 2) dolomitic marble; 3) silicic dolomitic marble. The marbles host all known zinc (minor lead) mineralization on the property. The calcitic marble unit which is generally white, very soft and easily eroded serves as a stratigraphic marker unit for the property. The calcite marble is medium to coarse grained, with generally less than 10% accessory minerals. These include phlogopite, dolomite, quartz, tremolite and with sparse diopside serpentine, tremolite and phlogopite. Minor pyrite and sphalerite are present. Varying amounts of sphalerite have been noted within the calcite marble as well as at the contact of the calcite and silicated dolomitic marble. The dolomitic marbles are commonly medium to coarsely crystalline, white to buff coloured and distinct in field appearance from calcite marble on the basis of weathering surface and non-reaction to dilute HCl. The dolomitic marble contains greater than 30% dolomite and lQ-15% accessory minerals phlogopite, calcite, diopside-serpentine, tremolite, quartz, apatite). Variations include pink and grey dolomitic marble. Hematitization of the dolomitic marble is locally extensive. Sphalerite, galena, pyrite, pyrrhotite and graphite occur in the dolomitic marble unit, with zinc and lead mineralization approaching significant proportions. The most commonly mineralized unit on the property is the silicated dolomitic marbles. This unit contains greater than 20-25% calc-silicate minerals, principally diopside, tremolite and quartz. A spatially related rock type occurring within the silicated dolomitic marble unit is a quartz-diopside rock and/or quartzite unit. The diopside is usually white to green in colour, fine to very coarse grained. Yellowish-brown to green serpentine clots and patches are common. Tremolite is generally very acicular and rosettes are common. Quartz is not nearly as abundant and is generally fine grained and smokey in colour. Small clots and patches (cm scale) of anhydrite occur within silicated dolomitic marble unit.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Apatite | Alteration | Unknown | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - Four zones of sphalerite (minor galena) mineralization have been outlined along a strike length of 1000 metres on the property. The zones are customarily referred to as the Hisko Zone, Central Zone, East Zone and Swamp Zone. The Swamp Zone is the only zone of mineralization having no surface expression. There is diversity in characteristics of the mineralized zones, but it is possible to make some generalizations. The sulphides may be classified as stratiform; in detail the sphalerite (minor galena) mineralization is spatially related to the boundaries of dissimilar lithologies such as the contact of calcitic and silicated dolomitic and dolomitic marble. The sphalerite mineralization, containing up to 29% Zn, commonly occurs as elongated lenticular masses or narrow shoots with the large dimension in an easterly plunge direction (30° -40 °). The shoots occur in clusters, displaying a rudely en echelon arrangement generally paralleling the D2 fold axes. Thickening of sulphides may occur in tightly folded crest and trough structures, with thinning out along the limbs of folds. All known sphalerite mineralization is confined to the sequence of marbles. Significant mineralization is found not only associated with the silicated dolomitic marbles, as is the case for the Hisko, Central and East Zones; but also associated with the pure dolomitic marbles as evidenced by the Swamp Zone mineralization. Sulphide mineralogy is simple, consisting of semimassive to disseminated or streaky, medium to coarse grained aggregates of sphalerite and minor varying quantities of galena and trace pyrite. Chalcopoyrite is locally present in trace amounts. Sphalerite is generally medium to dark brown, locally honey-coloured, in which cadmium and mercury are important trace elements in the sphalerite. Associated gangue minerals include calcite, dolomite, diopside, serpentine, tremolite and to a lesser extent quartz and phlogopite. Assays from some of the British Metal Corporation drilling include: 2.38% Zn over 28 feet; 18.17% Zn and 7.43% Pb over 4 feet; 23.91% Zn over 2 feet and 2.38% Zn over 10 feet. A chip sample collected by the ODM (J.E. Thomson) returned 4.66% Zn and traces of Pb and Ag.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Cadieux Zinc Prospect | 1984 | Unclassified | 280000 | OFR5515 p. 276 | A tentative ore reserve calculation of 280,000 metric tonnes of 9% Zn to an average depth of 130 metres has been indicated in the four zones. Four zones of significant zinc and minor lead mineralization (the Hisko Zone, Central Zone, Bast Zone and Swamp Zone) have been outlined. | Zinc 9 % |
| Cadieux Zinc Prospect | 1980 | Unclassified | 145149 | MDC020 p. 17 | The thickest lens is 4.6 m wide by 37 m long and is esimated to contain 16,000 tons 10.5% Zn to a depth of 30 m | Zinc 10.5 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1944 | 54 | OFR5515 p.275 | 60 tons of concentrate, containing 55% zinc, 6% lead and minor amounts of silver and gold. |
Mono - Report of Activities 2018, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts and Petroleum Operations
Publication Number: OFR6356 Page: 32-48 Date: 2019
Author: Tessier A.C., LeBaron P.S., Smith A.C., Laidlaw D.A., Bousquet P., Fortner L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2017, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern Ontario and Southwestern Ontario Districts, and Petroleum Operations
Publication Number: OFR6341 Page: 36-44 Date: 2018
Author: Tessier A.C., LeBaron P.S., Charbonneau S.J., Laidlaw D.A., Wilson A.C., Fortner L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 73-77 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Mono - Report of Activities 1998, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeast and Southwest Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR5992 Date: 1999
Author: Sangster P.J., McGuinty W.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Laidlaw D.A., Stewart J.M., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1997, Resident Geologists Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist's Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR5974 Date: 1998
Author: Sangster P.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Laidlaw D.A., Stewart J.M., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 114-118 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1996, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5958 Page: 11-7 Date: 1997
Author: Newsome J.W., Laderoute D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 51, 272-285 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 17-22 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 226 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 377 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Zinc and lead deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 8
Publication Number: EconGeol 8 Page: 132-135 Date: 1930
Author: Alcock, F.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102442
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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