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| Record Name(s) | Minto Mine - 1897, Minto Vein - 1897 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: McMurray
Latitude: 47° 58' 18.77" Longitude: -84° 44' 45.45"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668228.3 Northing: 5315633.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N15NE
Point Location Description: Shaft on east side of former Minto Lake (Citadel tailings pond), shaft on SSM 3132
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Drive south along the Surluga Road for approximately 3 km to the west end of Minto Lake. At this point the road forks north and south. Drive north for appoximately 1 km to the fenced shaft and muck pile.
1897: discovery by S. Berailldt, sold to D. Tisdale, 1897-1901: Wawa Gold Mining Syndicate - trenching, pitting, No. 1 shaft sunk to 130 feet on SSM 3134. 1923: property restaked by Wawa Syndicate or Michael Syndicate. 1926-30: Cooper Gold Mines Ltd. - shaft dewatered, 1818 feet of drifting and cross cutting, diamond drilling, No. 2 shaft sunk to 340 feet (levels at 121, 221 and 321 feet). 1930: J. Knox - property acquired. 1931: transferred property to Minto Gold Mines Ltd. - 75 tpd cyanidation mill constructed and production continues until June 1934. 1934: Minto gold Mines Ltd. - property purchased, milling continued until 1939. 1960-1964: Lake Osu Mines Ltd. - geological mapping, EM survey, trenching, diamond drilling. 1962: property of Suluga Gold Mines. 1989: Citadel Gold Mines - stripping, sampling on area to the west of the Minto.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| MCMURRAY 40 | 42C02SE9043 | 42C02SE9043 |
| WP McMurray-3 | 42C02SE0504 | 42C02SE0504 |
| WP McMurray-56 | 42C02SE0500 | 42C02SE0500 |
| MCMURRAY 39A1 | 41N15NE0062 | 41N15NE0062 |
| MCMURRAY22B1 | 41N15NE0063 | 41N15NE0063 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5586
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Jubilee Stock is a high level diorite to granodiorite intruding into the Jubilee tuffs in the north central part of the township. It hosts the Minto Mine which lies close to the NE trending Minto B fault. The Jubilee Shear Zone lies approximately 1 km to the west of the Mine.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chlorite | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diorite | 2 | Diorite To Granodiorite | Host | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz Porphyry | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Minto vein is a quartz filled fissure in a granodioritic intrusion that hosts numerous inclusions and xenoliths of Jubilee tuff. The vein structure is composite with two distinct attitudes. The ore-bearing section is a quartz vein up to 10 feet wide. The footwall is unsheared and the hanging wall is sheared for at least 2 metres.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The gold content of the ore averaged 0.33 oz/t Au. The coarsely crystalline ankerite in the vein contains pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite and reportedly gives fair gold assays.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 3 | 335 | 45 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 11267 |
Gold 125768 Grams |
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| 1933 | 26038 |
Gold 19543 Grams |
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| 1932 | 20643 |
Gold 245908 Grams |
OFR 5283, P. 98A | |
| 1931 | 10393 |
Gold 109503 Grams |
OFR 5283 P. 98A |
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1973, McMURRAY-0027-D1
Publication Number: Date: 1973
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP
Map - Geological series, McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, formerly Township 29, Range 23, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0828 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1973
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Jarvis Lake-Garden River area (southern part), District of Algoma
Publication Number: P2241 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1979
Author: Bennett G., Sawiuk M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Central Portion
Publication Number: P3303 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1994
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files exploration report - WP MCMURRAY 3
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP
Map - Michipicoten area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM36A Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - McMurray Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 34-39 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Goudreau and Michipicoten gold areas, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV40-04.001 Page: 36-38 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The ore deposits of the Michipicoten area
Publication Number: ARV44-08.003 Page: 77-78 Date: 1997
Author: Frohberg M.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 30-31 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 93-99 Date: 1979
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 273 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 11 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 434-436 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Michipicoton Mining Division
Publication Number: ARV10.006 Page: 139 Date: 1998
Author: Boyd D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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