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| Record Name(s) | Ore Chimney - 1987, Bey Mines - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1987-Apr-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Copper
Township or Area: Barrie
Latitude: 44° 46' 34.22" Longitude: -77° 9' 7"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 329734.5 Northing: 4960339.04 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C14SE
Point Location Description: Shaft just E of property symbol 16 SE of Bishop Corners.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From the corners of Highways #7 & 41, proceed north on highway #41 for 14 km to the turnoff to the Harlowe Road. Proceed east on the Harlowe Road for 1.6 km to the Ore Chinmey Mine road entrance, lot 35, concession 1. This mine road is gated and is posted with no trespassing signs.
1908-28: Shaft was sunk to 400' level where 240 ft NE of the shaft, a winze was sunk to the 500 ft level. Drifting and cross cutting on 7 levels. Crosscut driven 100 ft south of main vein on 400 ft level. 1930: 3 diamond drill holes completed totaling 2372 ft. 1932: 3 diamond drill holes completed totalling 1000 ft. 1956: Cavalier Mining Corp. Ltd. carried out 8 surface diamond drill holes completed totaling 4667 ft. 1963: 1 surface diamond drill hole completed totaling 600 ft. 1987: 14 surface diamond drill holes completed totaling 1369.5 m. 1983: A. Banner carried out a program of dewatering the shaft to the 150 foot level was completed along with sampling of the 150 foot level. 1986: S.J. Bartlett completed compilation and interpretation. 1987: Sands Minerals carried out magnetic, electromagnetic and self-potential geophysical surveys. They also carried out geological mapping, trenching, channel sampling and drilled 14 diamond drill holes for a total of 4418 feet. 1988: Conglomerate Basin Gold Mines completed a ground magnetometer geophysical survey. 2011: Willwin International Inc. completed 16 diamond drill holes totaling 734m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 31C14SE0045 | 31C14SE0045 |
| 2.11049 | 31C14SE0011 | 31C14SE0011 |
| 2.9391 | 31C14SE0016 | 31C14SE0016 |
| 2.53383 | 20000008930 | 20000008930 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The Ore Chimney property consists of a gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc-bearing quartz vein system hosted by sheared hornblende-botite-garnet schist near the contact between mafic metavolcanics of the Tudor Formation and unconformably overlying quartz and quartz-pebble conglomerate of the Bishop Corners Formation, Flinton Group (Dillon 1985). The Ore Chimney Vein system is from 1 to 4 feet wide, consisting of narrow, discontinuous quartz stringers within a biotite schist.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 1 | Shear Zone | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 27, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - There is one main gold-bearing vein structure associated with a shear/fault-controlled quartz vein system. The gold values are found in the narrow quartz veining and the wall rock is generally devoid of gold. The gold-bearing zones are within quartz/carbonate rich, sulphide shearing within mafic metavolcanics for the Tudor Formation. Estimates of ore reserves in 1957 by Cavalier Mining Company include 11,000 tons grading 0.20 oz/ton Au and 5.64 oz/ton Ag from 50 feet above the 150-foot level to 50 feet below the 500-foot level. There have been no production values reported.
Date: Jul 15, 1999
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: Visited property on July 14, 1999 with Dr. P.W. Kingston to look at trenching completed to date under an OPAP agreement. Checked previous sampling and found that the main vein carrying mineralization had not been properly sampled near the pit. West of the pit had been trenched but again the mineralized vein had not been sampled. Galena, pyrite and sphalerite noted in the vein immediately west of the pit. At the pit itself, pyrite mineralization was noted in a second quartz vein. Trenching was to be continued east of the pit and was to be extended further to the south to intersect the mineralized quartz vein.
Date: Aug 30, 2002
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: The property was visited on December 6th, 2001 along with a couple of prospective clients. Paul Kingston was also in attendance. The main vein to the east was sampled along with the dumps. Results of their sampling are still pending.
Date: Jan 21, 2005
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: This property was visited on April 27th, 2004. The road to the shaft area was not flooded out and the building, fencing and shaft cap were intact. No other activity was noted on the property at this time.
Part - Geology of the Grimsthorpe-Barrie Area
Publication Number: ARV51-04.001 Page: 42-44 Date: 1998
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Madoc area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720 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: 27 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 33 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold development potential in eastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5379 Page: 3, 6, 9, 13 Date: 1982
Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1983, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP117 Page: 225 Date: 1984
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Gold-quartz-arsenopyrite vein deposits localized near the base of the Flinton Group, Kaladar and Barrie townships, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5529 Page: 27-41 Date: 1985
Author: Dillon E.P.
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: 224-231 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Marble Lake area, counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington
Publication Number: R238 Page: 51, 53-55 Date: 1986
Author: Moore J.M., Morton R.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Marble Lake, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2499 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1985
Author: Moore J.M., Morton R.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 10 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Exploration for gold in southeastern Ontario, 1980-1990
Publication Number: OFR5808 Page: 36-41 Date: 1991
Author: LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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