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| Record Name(s) | Wright-Hargreaves - 1913 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Oct-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Township or Area: Teck
Latitude: 48° 9' 8.9" Longitude: -80° 2' 10.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 571673 Northing: 5333696 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A01NE
Point Location Description: AMIS Shaft location
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1911: W.H. Wright — First discovered gold on the property (and in the Kirkland Lake camp). 1913-1921: Wright-Hargreaves — sinking and development of shafts (No.1-No.3). 1921: Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd. — mill construction and operation. Milling started at 175 tons per day and reached a maximum of 1,200 – 1,250 tons per day in 1940. 1931: Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd. — sinking and development of the No.4 shaft (the main production shaft). 1957: Mill closure. 1965: Mining operation ceased. (Gordon, J.B. et al. 1979)
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Aug 06, 2014 (J Suma-Momoh) - The main rock types that occur in the Wright-Hargreaves mine are the Timiskaming conglomerate and greywacke, and the augite syenite and syenite porphyry. The latter rock type intrudes all the others and covers a large part of the property. (In ARV57-05, chapter VIII) The Kirkland Lake Fault or ‘Main break’ trends N67°E through the centre of the property. It bisects the syenite porphyry stock along its long axis and, in section, parallels the north contact of stock. In spite of a southerly dip in part of its downward course, post-ore faults have moved structure northward, so that at depth the fault is still almost vertically beneath its position on surface. Other ore-bearing structures are found not only in faults that have branched off the ‘Main Break’, but also in parallel faults and tension fractures. Fissure-filling gold-bearing quartz veins are the most common type of vein; the larger ore bodies on the various faults are of this type. Lodes, stockworks, and breccia and gash veins are found on subsidiary structures…Althouth much ore was mined from the Kirkland Lake Fault, the most productive structure has been the North Vein, which branches off the north side of the main fault just west of the Wright-Hargreaves property. (Gordon, J.B. et al. 1979)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Syenite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conglomerate | 2 | Conglomerate | Pebbly | Adjacent |
| Sandstone | 3 | Greywacke | Adjacent | |
| Syenite | 4 | Augite Syenite | Adjacent | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Trachyte | Tuffaceous | Adjacent |
| Diabase | 5 | Diabase | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Telluride | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Fault |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 9012270 |
Gold 149959068 |
OFR 6007 |
File - Resident Geologist file KL-2895
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Township of Teck, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: M1945-01 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E., Hopkins H., Gerrie W., MacLean A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the main ore zone at Kirkland Lake
Publication Number: ARV57-05.002 Page: 161-176 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E., Hawley J.E., Ward W., Perry O.S., Griffin K., Charlewood G.H., Hopkins H., MacIntosh C.G., Ogrizlo S.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 183 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0208 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Res/Reg Property Visit KL #427
Publication Number: PV-427 Date: 1901
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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