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Record: MDI41K09NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cascade - 1926, Jardun Mine No 2 Zone - 1951
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Jarvis

Latitude: 46° 38' 14.99"    Longitude: -84° 8' 34.71"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 718666.641   Northing: 5168846.933    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K09NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 400 metres south of Weashkog Lake, 3.2 kilometres west of the east boundary of Jarvis Township.



Exploration History

1951-1957: Jardun Mines Ltd. At Cascade Mine, inclined shaft suck 460 feet with levels at 190 and 460 foot levels. On 190 foot level, stoped to maximum height of 80 feet above level back, for length of 280 feet. Forty foot adit to shaft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Jarvis-0010-C1 41K09NE0087 41K09NE0087
Jarvis-0019 41K09NE0073 41K09NE0073
Jarvis-0014-A1 41K09NE0500 41K09NE0500

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Replacement and fissure filling sulphide deposits occur in shear zones in granite and diabase. The mineralized zone is 100 feet long, 10 to 15 feet wide and was traced by drilling to a depth of 190 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4ArgentiteEconomicOre
5SilverEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2MagnetiteEconomicGangue
3ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue
4SpeculariteEconomicGangue
5BariteEconomicGangue
6FluoriteEconomicGangue
7QuartzEconomicGangue
8EpidoteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Cascade 1957 Unclassified 18144 MDC012, p. 32 20000 tons @ 1.52 oz/ton Ag and 7.25% combined Pb and Zn Silver 1.52 oz/T

References

Folio - Jarvis Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF027 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM35A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: McConnell R.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 32-33  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Sault Ste. Marie area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV35-02.001 Page: 45  Date: 1998

Author: McConnell R.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario

Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 31  Date: 1985

Author: Pearson, W N; Bretzlaff, R E; Carrière, J J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/120312


Thesis - The Geology of the Sault Ste. Marie Map Area

Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 281-295  Date: 1963

Author: Hay, R.E

Publisher Name: McGill University

Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Geology, Sault Ste Marie-Ile Parisienne, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1181A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1964

Author: Hay, R.E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107614


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)

Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 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:


Part - Mining operations in 1957

Publication Number: ARV67-02 Page: 108-109  Date: 1997

Author: Field D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 126  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Thesis - The Geology of the Jardun Mine, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Publication Number: MSc Date: 1956

Author: Burns, R.D.

Publisher Name: Michigan College of Mining & Technology

Location: SSM RGP office


Map - Geological series, Jarvis Lake-Garden River area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P1064 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Hillier R.D., Dupuis C.P., Nentwich F., Pucovsky G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Part - Certain lead-zinc deposits in the District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV37-03.003 Page: 77-78  Date: 1998

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Zinc and lead deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series No. 8

Publication Number: GSC EGS 8 Page: 183-185  Date: 1930

Author: Alcock, F.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102442


Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0303-REV Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Page: 70  Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548


Publication - Canadian Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in 1989

Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1990

Author:

Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada

Location:


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