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MDI41I11SW00004
| Record Name(s) | Creighton Gold Mine - 1890, Stobie Falls Gold Mine - 1895, Creighton Prospect - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Creighton-Davies, Creighton-Davies
Latitude: 46° 30' 36.1" Longitude: -81° 17' 23.53"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 477761.83 Northing: 5150758.6 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11SW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Highway 144 follow Vermillion Lake Road 3.1km w to Lockerby Mine Road. Travel 800m south on Lockerby Mine Road to Stobie Falls Road. Continue 2km east along Stobie Falls Road and 1km south along private cottage access road. Canoe 1.6km southwest along Vermillion River to power line. Follow power line 1km east southeast then bush crash 500m south.
1890-1893: Creighton Gold Mines - inclined shaft sinking to 180 ft, underground drifting on 2 levels, 40-mill erected on site, sampling. 1895: DD-8. 1929: Gordon Lake Mining Syndicate - mapping, ground geophysics, trenching, DD
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| CREIGHTON-0016 | 41I11SW0060 | 41I11SW0060 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Metasedimentary | Adjacent |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
Sep 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - The gold vein reportedly strikes N75E and dips 45ºN. The gold vein reportedly could be traced for up to 600 yards and had a width of 250-300 ft.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Limonite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab samples from quartz veins in the north part of the lot reported returned values up to $219.00 gold. Samples typically assayed 0.21 oz/t to 1.02 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Part - The gold fields of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV03.002 Page: 45-47 Date: 1998
Author: Blue A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Sudbury basin area
Publication Number: ARV38-03 Page: 48 Date: 1997
Author: Burrows A.G., Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Creighton Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF062 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 56 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: OF1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Part - Report of the Inspector of Mines
Publication Number: ARV02.017 Page: 9, 236 Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Fifth report of the Inspector of Mines
Publication Number: ARV04.009 Page: 233 Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Nature and origin of mineralization inside the Sudbury Basin
Publication Number: OFR5443 Date: 1983
Author: Rousell D.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sudbury Basin area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM38G Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1997
Author: Burrows A.G., Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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