Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Mondoux Mine - 1896, Mondoux Occurrence - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Rathbun
Latitude: 46° 45' 35.8" Longitude: -80° 36' 55.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 529362 Northing: 5178560.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 30.7km from Hwy.17 north on Kukagami Lake road to 0.2km past public boat launch road to Bowland Lake across from Matagamasi Lake to a skidder trail heading north. Trail is ATV accessible. Continue on trail for about 1000m to a point about 80m south of site. Traverse northerly through the bush about 80m to site.
1894 -85: stripping, pitting 1980-1983: R.L. Viitala - ground geophysics, mapping, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Rathbun-0025-C1 | 41I15SE0075 | 41I15SE0075 |
| Rathbun-0023 | 41I15SE0084 | 41I15SE0084 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Adjacent |
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| Wacke | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Mar 24, 2010 (A Wilson) - The geology is described as a quartz vein with an exposed length of 60 feet within Nipissing diabase. The diabase intrudes greywackes of the Huronian Group.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 24, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by R. Viitala returned assays ranging from trace to 0.02 oz/t gold in quartz veins
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Geological series, Rathbun Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P1609 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1978
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sudbury data series, Rathbun Township, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2197 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Adlington R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Massey Bay, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2451 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Sixth report of the Inspector of Mines
Publication Number: ARV05.009 Page: 263 Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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: 115 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Wanapitei Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R213 Page: 112 Date: 1982
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Rathbun Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF316 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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