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MDI31C13SE00017
| Record Name(s) | Gilmour Mine - 1909, Cataraqui Gold Mines - 1938, Shough-Buchanan - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Grimsthorpe
Latitude: 44° 50' 34.99" Longitude: -77° 32' 10.57"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 299557.756 Northing: 4968645.248 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C13SE
Point Location Description: Dot symbol 'Au' NE of Gilmour hamlet and E of Wadsworth Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Accessible via a 5 km trail running S from a dirt road about 7 km NE of Gilmour (4 x 4). Also, accessible via an old logging road 2.5 km from the Weslemkoon road.
1902-7: property held by Mr. Lundenberger who completed a small amount of excavation at one shaft. 1909: the Gilmour Mining Co Ltd sank a shaft to 75 ft with 210 ft of drifting. A 5 stamp mill was erected in 1909-10 and operations resumed in 1911. The # 4 shaft (at 60 degrees NW) was sunk 260 ft with levels at 75, 125 and 250 ft, connected to the # 1 shaft on which 75 ft of crosscutting and 1,000 ft of lateral work were performed. Mine in production from 1909-1910. The mine was idle from 1914-35. 1934-6: the Gilmour Gold Syndicate, later Gilmour Gold Mines Ltd, took over. They erected a 100 ton mill, raised 500 tons of material, carried out development work on shafts 2 and 4 and sought financing for production. Lack of interest led to a takeover by Cataraqui Gold Mines Ltd (who held over 200 contiguous claims). 1938-40: Cataraqui Gold Mines Ltd dewatered the shafts and completed 1,200 ft of surface drilling. However, they decided to drop the property. 1980: W. Shough and K. Buchanan (Orion Explorations) carried out surface exploration, sampling and assaying (see 'Shough-Buchanan', MDI31C13SE00016). 1981: Gilmour Gold Explorations acquired the property and an examination of the dump and tailings suggested that there were 15,000 tons grading 0.2 oz/ton Au.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineralized veins, 3-5 ft wide, appear to be continuous over a length of 230 ft and a minimum depth of 340 ft in mafic metavolcanics. The rocks are extensively carbonatized and contain disseminated py, cp, bornite, free gold and tourmaline. See OGS 1985, OFR 5548 for a fairly detailed description of the property.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1936 | 454 | 500 tons of ore was raised. No commodity recoveries reported. | ||
| 1910 | 499 |
Gold 172 Ounces |
MDI | Production of 172 oz of Au, from 550 tons of ore grading 0.31 oz/ton Au, was recorded between 1909 and 1910 |
Journal - Canadian Mining Journal, Aug 1981
Publication Number: CMJ 1981 Page: 10 Date: 1981
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Part - Geology of the Grimsthorpe-Barrie Area
Publication Number: ARV51-04.001 Page: 48-49 Date: 1998
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area
Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 32 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 34 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Gold development potential in eastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5379 Page: 3,9,16 Date: 1982
Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 103 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 273-6 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Resident Geologist File (Bancroft - Meyn)
Publication Number: Date: 2001
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Part - Ontario gold deposits, their character, distribution and productiveness
Publication Number: ARV30-02 Page: 15 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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