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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jardun Mine - No 3 Zone - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1999-Aug-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Jarvis

Latitude: 46° 38' 17.5"    Longitude: -84° 8' 37.91"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 718595.642   Northing: 5168921.934    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K09NE

Point Location Description: Adit

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 200 metres north west of Sandy Lake, 250 metres north of the south boundary of Jarvis Township.



Exploration History

1951-1957: Jardun Mines Ltd. Adit extended 270 feet with 26 feet of crosscutting. Adit has a total length of 530 feet and the back has been stoped over most of its length to a maximum height of 80 feet above adit back.


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. Mineralized zone strikes N45W, dips 80N. It has been traced for a length of 700 feet and is 6 to 8 feet wide.




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

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Jardun Mine No 3 Zone 1957 Unclassified 17569 MDC012, p. 32 19,367 tons @ 9.56 % combined Pb and Zn, and 1.10 oz/ton Ag Lead 0 NA, Silver 37.7 NA, Zinc 0 NA

References

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 - 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


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 - 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 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:


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


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:


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 1951

Publication Number: ARV61-02 Page: 85  Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

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:


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


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