Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000001401Deposit Name(s) | Gravel Bay Occurrence - 1887, Vulcan Mine Occurrence - 1887 |
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Deposit Status | discretionary occurrence |
Date Created | 2012-Apr-26 |
Date Last Modified | 2019-Jul-25 |
Created By | S Zurevinski |
Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: lead, silver
Secondary Commodities: gold
Township or Area: Blair Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 0' 30.52" Longitude: -87° 46' 23.28"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 443461 Northing: 5428686 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D13NW
Point Location Description: General location from The Engineering and Mining Journal, Jan. 11, 1890, p. 69
Location Method: data compilation
Access Description: Lapointe (2005) Located at about 6 miles North from Gravel River Station on the CP Railway (as reported from the GSC Report 1887-88 Vol. 3)
1887: The promotors of the Vulcan property submitted a sample to the laboratory of the Geological Survey of Canada. 1890: The Weekly Sentinel (January 3, 1890) reported that the property was formerly known as the Vulcan Mining Location and was recently acquired by Gravel Bay Mining Co.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
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vein | 1 | quartz | host |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
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1 | galena | economic | ore | ||||
1 | quartz | economic | gangue |
07/25/2019 (T Pettigrew) - A sample weighing 1 1/4 oz. taken from a 18" wide quartz vein contained coarsely crystalline galena in a gangue of quartz and returned: Au: none, Ag: 1.094 oz/ton. The sample was submitted by Mr. Hugh Wilson (from GSC 1887-88, vol.3, part 2, p. 32T). Hugh Wilson was one of the five promotors of the Vulcan property (The Engineering and Mining Journal, Jan. 11, 1890, p. 69). The Weekly Sentinel (January 3, 1890) reported an assay carried by the Gravel Bay Mining Company which returned 60% Pb and a "rich percentage of gold and silver".
Rank | Classification |
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1 | vein |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | vein |
Publication - Geological Survey of Canada Annual Report 1887-88 Vol. 3, Part 2, p. 32T
Publication Number: GSC Ann Rep 3 Date: 1888
Author: Hoffman, G.C.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Reference Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/223801
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