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Record: MDI41I16NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) North Eaglerock Lake Occurrence - 1936, New Athona Mines Ltd - 1992
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Scholes

Latitude: 46° 56' 18.11"    Longitude: -80° 16' .34"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 555808.82   Northing: 5198575.51    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1915-16: New Golden Rose Mine - some gold was extracted; Golden Rose Mining Company: some gold was extracted from the small amalgamation mill from the ore taken from the pits and trenches. 1927: Afton Mines Limited; took over the property and sank a shaft. 1935: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company completed the present shaft during the summer of 1936 to a depth of 450 ft. 12-DD: the values in the mineralized zones are not uniform and vary from a small fraction of an ounce to over an ounce of gold. 1951: Emerald Lake Property – geological mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
0025 41I16NW0015 41I16NW0015
17 41I16NW0016 41I16NW0016
0020A1 41I16NW0028 41I16NW0028
0021A1 41I16NW0027 41I16NW0027
Afton 0018-A1 41I16NW0026 41I16NW0026

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Arkosic Arenite 2 Mineralized Near
Quartz Arenite 3 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1934 145587 Geology of Afton, Scholes, Macbeth, and Clement Townships, H.D. Meyn -1977 43,359 oz Au; 8296 oz Ag

References

Part - Geology of the Afton-Scholes area

Publication Number: ARV45-06.002 Page: 45  Date: 1998

Author: Moore E.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Scholes Township

Publication Number: GDIF459 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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