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| Record Name(s) | Vipond Mine - 1911, Porcupine Vipond - 1915, Porcupine-Vipond-North Thompson - 1916, Vipond Consolidated Mines - 1922, Mace Gold Mines Ltd. - 1937 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Feb-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Tisdale, Tisdale
Latitude: 48° 28' 3.51" Longitude: -81° 18' 22.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 477372.34 Northing: 5368324.04 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NW
Point Location Description: North Thompson Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The site is accesssible via the Back Road and the Vipond Mine road.
1910: Vipond Porcupine Mines Limited – shaft sinking and underground development, in production; 1916: Porcupine Vipond-North-Thompson Gold Mines Limited – amalgamation of properties, including North Thompson Shaft, shaft sinking at North Thompson, shaft sinking and cross cutting at Vipond Mine, in production. 1922: property amalgamated as Vipond Consolidated Mines Ltd. – shaft sinking, underground development, in production 1933: acquired by Anglo-Huronian Ltd., DD-13,378 ft. 1937: incorporated with Mace Gold Mines Ltd. 1939: property ceased operations and entered into agreement with Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd for underground exploration from Hollinger workings. 1947: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. – property acquisition, underground exploration (DD, drifting cross-cutting)
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Basalt | Pillowed | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Ankerite | Contains |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - Quartz veins were hosted within pillowed and altered mafic metavolcanic rocks. Development and mining was carried out on the Davidson and Godfrey veins in which ore shoots were located. The veins trended NE-SW. Production occurred from the North Thompson workings (veins No. 1 and 5) commencing in 1916. The quartz lenses were typically 200-250 ft long and 15-20 ft wide, with an average grade of $15 to $20 per ton.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - The veins contained a considerable percentage of quartz. Pyrite occurs abundantly, sometimes in well- developed cubes as well as in large coarsely crystallized masses. Visible gold was profuse within the quartz veins.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1419653 |
Silver 81998 Grams Gold 12888254 Grams |
OFR5943, p. 245 | years 1911-41; 414367 oz Au, 1565218 tons milled at 0.26 oz/ton |
File - Resident Geologist file T-0061
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV25-01.003 Page: 101-102 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 160-161 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Bayne A.S., Cave A.E., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1936
Publication Number: ARV46-01.003 Page: 95-96 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1932
Publication Number: ARV42-01.002 Page: 94-96 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cleland R.H., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.003 Page: 105-106 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV20-01.003 Page: 103 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 80-03-06, Pamour, p. A1, A21
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1980
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGO
Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 245 Date: 1996
Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 108-109 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 Page: 115-118 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:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1942
Publication Number: ARV52-01.003 Page: 144 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The Porcupine gold area
Publication Number: ARV33-02.001 Page: 64-67 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 207 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
Part - The Porcupine Gold Area
Publication Number: ARV20-02.001 Page: 31 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2122 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
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:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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