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| Record Name(s) | Mcenaney Prospect - 1912, Hollinger Reserve Property - 1911 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Jan-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Ogden
Latitude: 48° 25' 41.32" Longitude: -81° 21' 55.67"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 472964.298 Northing: 5363953.023 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NW
Point Location Description: Capped shaft
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Travel south of Timmins on Pine Street for 3 km to the DeSantis road and then west for 2 km to the site. The site lies north east of the road.
1910: discovery by Gray brothers. 1911-16: Hollinger Reserve Mining Company/Porcupine Crown Mines Limited - shaft to 200 ft, winze to 318 ft., diamond drilling. 1920-23: McEnaney Gold Mines, Limited - de-watering of workings; winze deepened, diamond drilling (3500 ft). 1934-39: Sun-Ray Gold Syndicate - property acquisition, sampling. 1936: Hollinger Consolidated Gold MInes Limited - property optioned, 1 ddh. 2000: Echo Bay Mines Ltd. - mapping, sampling. 2003: Porcupine Joint Venture: airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-4455 | 42A06NW2025 | 42A06NW2025 |
| T-4970 | 42A06NW2040 | 42A06NW2040 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurence consists of a minimum of 3 quartz veins hosted by sheared intermediate to mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein at the bottom of the winze reportedly carried $1.26 Au per ton in gold across a width of six feet at the 600-ft level, and $0.20 at the 850-ft level. Reports of underground samples collected in 1911 returned assays of $20.0 Au over 3 ft. Grab samples collected from the mine dump in 1934 returned assays ranging from trace to $8.00 Au. The best assay reported by Hollinger in 1936 returned 0.46 oz/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 91 | .6 | 80 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCENANEY | 1935 | Unclassified | 172727 | T-327; CORRESPONDENCE BY J.J. HARRIS 7/1/1935 | 190,000 TONS TO 300 FT LEVEL; 40,000 T @ $312.00 AU/T AND 150,000 T @ $5.00 AU/T | Gold 0 NA |
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: 42A-160 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-327
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Ogden Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0341 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - The townships of Carscallen, Bristol and Ogden, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM35G Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Ogden, Bristol, and Carscallen townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 23-24 Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 83-84 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
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: 84 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Timmins West - Bristol and Ogden Townships
Publication Number: P3436 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2001
Author: Vaillancourt C., Pickett C.L., Dinel E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV22-01.003 Page: 130-131 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV23-01.003 Page: 164 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Page: 57-58 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 - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV33-07.002 Page: 53 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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