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MDI31C11NW00034
| Record Name(s) | Silver King Mine - 1904, Republic Lead Mines - 1948, Sumach - 1983, Continental - 1949 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Sep-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Elzevir
Latitude: 44° 39' 53.79" Longitude: -77° 23' 18.61"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 310654.789 Northing: 4948506.037 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11NW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Au ' NNE of Queensborough, at the end of the road.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Accessible from the Queensborough road which runs N from Hwy 7 about 9.5 km E of Madoc. At a point about 6.5 km N of Hwy 7, a gravel road runs N, E and N for a distance of 9.0 km. The final 1.5 km to the shaft is marked by a vehicle trail.
c1904-1911: the Silver King Gold and Copper Co Ltd sunk a 2 compartment shaft to 100 ft. It is said that there is no drifting or cross-cutting. There was some stripping and trenching (about 130 ft, SW of the shaft). A small mill was said to have operated for a short time, but this is questionable. c1934: drilling by F. Chubb. 1948-50: Republic Lead Mines Ltd (later Republic Oils and Mines Ltd and then Republic Ores and Mining Corp Ltd) carried out some surface work (geology and sampling). Continental Lead Mines Ltd is reported (NMI # 070551, 1949 and Northern Miner, Feb 24, 1949) to have carried out work on claims adjoining the Silver King property, but there is no further information. 1980: some work is reported concerning pumping water from the shaft (Res Geol File). 1983: Sumach Resources (the former Republic Mines) made an agreement with W.S. Kennedy for 'exploration and development' (Northern Miner).
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The deposit is in a silicified shear zone within the Elzevir Granite. This steeply-dipping zone is 5-15 ft wide and 700 ft long. Mineralization consists of low % pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and some bornite. Assay values for Au and Ag are significant.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Granite | Adjacent |
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| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear Zone | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Mar 24, 2022 (Sheree Hinz) - In granite batholith 7 ft wide shear zone contains quartz stringers with galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. The best assay found was 17 oz/t Ag (reported in 1968)
May 26, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Thomson (1951) states that 2 carloads of material shipped to the Balback Smelting and Refining Co in 1906 assayed : 0.20 oz Au and 5.10 oz Ag (40,310 lbs dry weight); 0.18 oz Au and 8.17 oz Ag (32,082 lbs dry weight). Thomson reports assays from mineralized quartz along the open cut as: 0.26 oz/t Au, 17.02 oz /t Ag, 11.88% Pb; in schist from the footwall along the open cut: 0.28 oz/t Au. A 6 inch heavily-mineralized zone in the 'hanging wall' assayed: 0.08 oz/t Au, 5.30 oz/t Ag, 7.94% Pb. A sample across 10 ft of sheared material, N of the latter sample, assayed: 0.1 oz/t Au, 1.65 oz/t Ag, 2.87% Pb. Also, a 7 ft chip sample in the shear zone N of the shaft assayed: 0.04 oz/t Au, 1.09 oz/t Ag. A grab sample from the dump assayed: 0.02 oz/t Au, 1.99 oz/t Ag.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1934 | 36 |
Silver 233.85 Ounces Gold 6.92 Ounces |
OFR5548 p.270-272 |
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 31 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 141 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 103 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
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: 270-272 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist file 1951, #1, Elzevir
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Journal - The Northern Miner, Nov 10, 1983
Publication Number: NMiner Date: 1983
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 99 Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
File - Resident Geologist files 1980
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
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