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| Record Name(s) | Wilcox Mine - 1893, Beatty and Wilcox Mine - 1898, Parry Sound Copper Mining Co. Ltd - 1899 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1984-Jul-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Zinc
Township or Area: Cowper
Latitude: 45° 13' 37.58" Longitude: -80° 6' 26.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 570076 Northing: 5008567 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H01NE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Wilcox Mine is located on the northwest shore of Spider Bay. Access by boat.
1893-85: H. Harris and T. Wilcox - discovery, pitting, trenching. 1899-1905: Parry Sound Development Company - property development, mining. 1939: Waterways Copper Mines Ltd. - DD-9-1700 ft. 1942: Bayshore Zinc and Copper Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1951: Kalbrook Mining Co. Ltd. - DD-4-324 ft.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Garnetiferous | Paragneiss | Contains |
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| Granofels-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Oct 05, 2010 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted within the gneisses.
| 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 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 05, 2010 (A Wilson) - Sampling by the discoverers yielded assays up to 10% Cu and from 2-4 oz/t Ag with traces of gold. The copper bearing belt is 30 to 50 feet wide and has been traced for 1000 feet. Average ore from the dump reportedly returned assays of 4% Cu and two samples yielded 20.5% Cu and traces on Ni and Au (samples taken in 1899). Grab samples collected by Satterly in 1941 returned 1.09% cu over 12 ft from pit no. 1; values up to 0.02 oz/t Au were returned from grab samples collected from Pit No. 6. Assays from diamond drill holes completed by Waterway Copper Mines Limited returned Cu values up to 4.11% and 0.41 oz/t Ag over 1.2 feet in DDH No 5. The best gold values from the Waterway Copper drilling returned 0.01 oz/t Au over 5 ft. Waterway Copper Mines DDH No. 2 returned 2.01% Cu and 0.30 oz/t Ag over 48.5 feet. Grab samples collected from the No. 2 shaft by the OGS in 1984 returned 1.00% Cu and 6.40% Zn; 4.3% Cu and 7.6% Zn. The property reportedly produced 192,000 pounds of copper between 1903 and 1904.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 1 |
Copper 87000 Kilograms |
MDC002 p. 38 | 192,000 pounds production from 1903-04 |
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Scale: Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale: Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - SMDR FILE, #00943
Publication Number: Scale: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sans Souci Area
Publication Number: P3551 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, structural geology, Moon River area, Muskoka and Parry Sound districts, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2954 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1986
Author: Van Berkel J.T., Schwerdtner W.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Copper in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV08-02.008 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Sixth report of the Inspector of Mines
Publication Number: ARV05.009 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV07-01.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV09.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: De Kalb C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV10.005 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: De Kalb C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV12.007 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Carter W.E.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-01.006 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV14-01.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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