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Record: MDI42A06NE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dome Mine - 1909, Blueberry Hill - 2019
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Feb-26
Date Last Modified 2024-Jan-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Tungsten



Location

Township or Area: Tisdale

Latitude: 48° 27' 48.64"    Longitude: -81° 14' 33.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 482057   Northing: 5367848.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE, 42A06NW

Point Location Description: centre of mine complex

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1909: J.S. Wilson – discovery. 1910-2019: In production. 2020: Production ceased at Blueberry Hill open pit.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4196 / 2.19098 42A06NE2011 42A06NE2011
T-4461 / 2.20525 42A06NE2021 42A06NE2021

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Contains
Quartz Porphyry 3 Quartz Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 05, 2014 (A Wilson) - The Dome Mine lies on the south limb of the Porcupine syncline where the Keewatin rocks are overlain by the Timiskaming series of sedimentary slate and conglomerate and where the north-eastern plunge of this folded assemblage creates the structure known as the “Greenstone Nose”. South of the sediments lies a zone of magnesium-rich, metamorphosed and carbonatized rocks which trend east-northeast and which are presumed to occupy a fault zone associated with a branch of the main Porcupine-Destor Fault. To the west, this highly altered and carbonated rock zone passes between the Paymaster and the Preston porphyries, before grading to a chloritic and talcose zone and before joining the main Porcupine Destor Fault. To the east, within the carbonatized zone, are found lenses of popphyry-type rocks which are similar to the main porphyry bodies. South of the highly altered-porphyry-carbonate rock zone are the south greenstones. They consist of a series of south dipping massive flows.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4SilverEconomicOre
5GalenaEconomicOre
6ScheeliteEconomicOre
7ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
8PyriteEconomicOre
9SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 05, 2014 (A Wilson) - Gold occurs primarily as coarse native metal in quartz or ankerite-type veins. Several tellurides, namely altaite, petzite and tellurobismuthite have also been recognized, but constitute a very minor source of the total gold production. The Dome Mine produced 72 pounds of scheelite valued at $73.00.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Lode (Gold)
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Dome Century 2016 Measured + Indicated Resource 130600000 Goldcorp Inc, Management's Discussion and Analysis, 02/15/2017 Potential large-scale open pit mine Gold 1.02 Grams per Tonne
Dome Century 2016 Inferred Mineral Resource 35000000 Goldcorp Inc., Management's Discussion and Analysis, 02/15/2017 Potential large-scale open pit mine Gold 0.81 Grams per Tonne
Goldcorp Timmins Mines 2012 Indicated Mineral Resource 37200000 OFR6286, p. 9 Actinolite 1.25 Grams per Tonne
Goldcorp Timmins Mines 2012 Measured Mineral Resource 80980000 OFR6286, p. 9 Gold 1.25 Grams per Tonne
Goldcorp Timmins Mines 2012 Probable Mineral Reserve 80980000 OFR6286, p. 9 Gold 1.13 Grams per Tonne
Goldcorp Timmins Mines 2012 Proven 27790000 OFR6286, p. 9 Gold 1.57 Grams per Tonne
Goldcorp Timmins Mines 2012 Inferred Mineral Resource 18850000 OFR6286, p. 9 Gold 1.95 Grams per Tonne
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
2019 43189 Gold 1033 Ounces
OFR6366, p.8 Production from Blue Berry Hill. Head grade 0.744 g/t. Recovery 89.98%, Recovered ounces: 929 oz.
2018 208452 Gold 3896 Ounces
OFR6354, p.9 Production coming from ore mined at Blue Berry Hill and Waste-to-ore demonstration project.
2017 314394 Gold 42127 Ounces
OFR6339, p.8
2015 553800 Gold 55059 Ounces
OFR6317, p.9 The mine produced 55059 oz of gold, at a head grade of 3.43 g/t.
2014 461300 Gold 59903 Ounces
OFR6304, p3 The mine produced 59903 oz of gold, from at a head grade of 4.48 g/t gold.
2013 475105 Gold 154873 Ounces
OFR6294, p.9 The mine produced 154 873 oz of gold.
2012 868576 Gold 73120 Ounces
OFR6286 p. 9 73,120 oz Au, grade 2.168 g/t
2011 2926622 Gold 84357 Ounces
84,357 oz Au, grade 0.897 g/t
2010 684759 Gold 67030 Ounces
OFR6264 p. 10 67,030 oz Au, grade 3.04 g/t
2009 106249003 Gold 15911039 Ounces
OFR5943, Fig 4 1910-2009; 15911039 oz Au, 104570962 tons milled at 0.152 oz/ton

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-0036

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Book - Gold 86, Excursion Guide, p. 30-33

Publication Number: Date: 1986

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 128  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Page: 49-50  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - The Porcupine gold area

Publication Number: ARV33-02.001 Page: 73-78  Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R058 Page: 82-98  Date: 1968

Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.

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: 96  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 244-245  Date: 1996

Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6247 Page: Figure 4  Date: 2010

Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Beauchamp S.A., Bousquet P., Butorac S., Draper D.M., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2011, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6274 Page: 10  Date: 2012

Author: Atkinson B.T., Bousquet P., Pace A., Butorac S., Harvey S., Draper D.M., Debicki R.L., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Special Project: Timmins Ore Deposit Descriptions

Publication Number: OFR5985 Page: 1-39  Date: 1999

Author: Pressacco R.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Structural geology, Tisdale Township

Publication Number: P3173 Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 1991

Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2019, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6366 Date: 2020

Author: van Hees E., Bousquet P., Suma-Momoh J., Daniels C.M., Hinz S.L.K., Boucher C., Sword P., Wang L., Fudge S.P., Millette A., Patterson C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2010, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6264 Page: 10  Date: 2011

Author: Atkinson B.T., Bousquet P., Pace A., Burnett S., Butorac S., Draper D.M., Metsaranta D.-A., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Article - Volcanic-tectonic setting of gold deposits in the Timmins District--carbonate-bearing rocks at Dome Mine

Publication Number: MP098.032 Page: 222-228  Date: 1997

Author: Roberts R.G., Reading D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2018, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6354 Date: 2019

Author: van Hees E., Bousquet P., Bustard A., Pressacco R.E., Daniels C.M., Fudge S.P., Walker J., Streit L., Wang L., Sword P., Patterson C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2017, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6339 Date: 2018

Author: van Hees E., Pace A., Bustard A., Gomwe T.S., Bousquet P., Daniels C.M., Wilson A.C., Streit L., Sword P., Patterson C., Fudge S.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 2012, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6286 Page: 10  Date: 2013

Author: Atkinson B.T., Bousquet P., Pace A., Debicki R.L., Grabowski G.P.B., Lockwood H.C., Wilson A.C., Halet S.E., Larche C., McMillan R., Draper D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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