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Record: MDI41K09NE00089

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Jarvis

Latitude: 46° 39' 1.25"    Longitude: -84° 8' 38.43"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 718535.665   Northing: 5170271.946    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K09NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: South shore of Weashkog Lake, 3.5 kilometres west from the east boundary of Jarvis Township.

Exploration History

Work was begun at the Victoria Mine in 1875 to 1885. Inclined shaft sunk 410 feet; total of 1057 feet of lateral development at 50, 100, 150, 210, 237, 265 and 410 foot levels. In 1878 this project was taken over by the Victoria Consolidated Silver Mining Company Limited. Some ore was mined about 900 tons of hand-cobbed material was shipped. In 1884 work ceased. In june 1951 Corena Ores Limieted acquired an option on the 11 patented cliams and began dewatering the Victoria shaft. 1951-1957 property acquired and operated by Jardun Mines Ltd. No.4 shaft sunk to a depth of 374 feet, total of 2128 feet of lateral development and raising; 3 lvels, at depths of 125, 225 and 350 feet. In 1954 company built a 250 tons/day mill, which operated 1954-1957. Tonnage milled reported as 130, 536 tons or 145, 029 tons. Total production valued at $2, 634, 476. No. 4 zone, which was discovered in 1951, consists of a mineralized basic dike with heavey mineralization across a few feet, over a length of 400 feet. Operations ceased in August, 1956.

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Nov 23, 2006 (A Pace) - No. 4 xone, which was discovered in 1951, consists of a mineralized basic kike with heavey mineralizationa cross a few feet, over a length of 400 feet. Four major ore zones known, all occurring in or near a fault zone striking N15W between Weaskhop Lake and the south border of teh twonship. Most recent mining operations were carried out from No. 4 and No.5 shafts, located ion the sourth shore of Weaskhog Lake. No. 4 zone, at teh site of No. 4 sjaft, strikes N60W and dips 70S. It was 600 feeet long on surface and had an average width of 3 to 6 feet, and was mined to a depth of 350 feet.

Mineralization

Mineral Record Details

References

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:

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:

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:

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 - 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:

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

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

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:

Map - Geology, Sault Ste Marie-Ile Parisienne area, District of Algoma, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1412A

Publication Number: Map 1412A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1977

Author: Hay, R E; Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109093

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:

Folio - Jarvis Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: GDIF027 Date: 1997

Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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

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 Thesis Date: 1956

Author: Burns, R.D.

Publisher Name: Michigan College of Mining and Technology

Location: SSM RGP

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

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