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| Record Name(s) | Aunor - 1939, Pamour No. 3 - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Oct-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Tungsten, Silver
Township or Area: Deloro
Latitude: 48° 26' 27.46" Longitude: -81° 16' 50.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 479241 Northing: 5365351 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NW
Point Location Description: Main Shaft
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: To access the mine site take to Back Road (Gold Mine Road) to the Delnite Road. Follow the Delnite Road south. The Aunor mine road leads east off of the Delnite Road.
1909 4 claims staked by J.A. Mitchell and W.S. Mitchell 1910 Porcupine Consolidated Mining Company did additional surface work to bring the claims to patent 1936 -1938 Augite Porcupine Mines Ltd. tookover the claims and 2 addtional claim from International Silver Mines Ltd. A shaft was sunk to 1026 ft. with underground development on 6 levels. 4 claims staked by Joseph Leniham and brought to patent by Porcupine Northstar Gold Mines Ltd., and subsequently acquired by Noranda Mines Ltd. 1939 Aunor Gold Mines Ltd. obtained the 2 claim groups and expands the group to totall 11 claims. 1940 Production begins 1964 Aunor takes over Delnite mine property and begins using Delnite shafts to bring ore from below 940 m to surface. 1972 After incurring losses between 1968 and 1972, Aunor assets were purchased by Pamour Porcupine Mines, Limited. Starting July 1973 all ore was trucked to the Pamour mill. Last known production from the Aunor Mine was1984. NOTE: Some production records are no longer available. Historical gold production for the Aunor is 2,502,214 ounces or 77,827,555 grams. (Ontario Geological Survey, various reports since 1984).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Tisdale
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The Aunor deposit is contained within a series of interbedded pillowed, massive and tuffaceous basalts (andesite in mine terminology) sandwiched between units of talc-chlorite schist. The basalts and the orebody strike 260/60 for a length of about 5000 ft. across the Aunor property. The same unit is host to gold mineralization on the Delnite Mine to the west and the South Buffalo Ankerite Mine to the east. An irregular body of medium-grained diorite cuts the talc-chlorite schists to the north and more diorite cuts the basalts toward the western portion of the property. The Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone lies less than 1 km to the south of the mine. Quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes (lenses) and a brown (or buff) carbonate unit(s) also cut, in a strike parallel attitude, the basalt.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Tourmaine | Is | |
| Ultramafic Schist | 3 | Talc-Chlorite | Schist | Footwall |
| Ultramafic Schist | 4 | Talc-Chlorite | Schist | Hanging Wall |
| Diorite | 5 | Diorite | Adjacent | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 6 | Quartz-Feldspar | Near | |
| Quartz Diabase | 7 | Quartz Diabase | Near | |
| Vein | 8 | Mottled Grey Quartz | Is | |
| Vein | 9 | White Quartz-Sulphide-Gold | Is |
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Scheelite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - B.S.W. Buffam (1948) wrote that an ore zone 0 to 250 ft. in width extends across the Aunor property for 5000 ft. The ore is contained within pillowed, fine grained andesite (basalt), irregular bands of medium, even-grained, carbonatized andesite, dioritem and irregular bodies of quartz-feldspar porphyry, bounded to the north and south by dark, bluish-grey, talc-chlorite schist. The ore occurs in a series of parallel and branching veins which do not extend into the hanging-wall or footwall talc-chlorite schists. The veins strike about parallel to the ore zone, though they tend to traverse east to west from the hanging-wall to the footwall. The veins average 3.5 ft in width and dip about 50 degrees N. The height of the veins, measured along the dip is about 350 ft. In parts of the mine, the veins were so closely-spaced and numerous to allow bulk mining. The wallrock to the veins is weakly sheared, brecciated, and altered by carbonate, brown tourmaline, scheelite, pyrite and minor chalcopytied. Buffam recognized 2 ages of veins; early brown to grey, discontinuous irregular quartz lenses and later milky-white, tension gash filling veins that cut the early veins in a lader-like fashion and seldom extend into the wallrock. Fine visible gold is frequently observed in both types of quartz and in the altered wallrock. Van Hees (1974, 1979) recongizes Buffams 2 veins set, and tourmaline veins and gold-bearing ankerite veins. Further, Van Hees (1974) indicated that most of the gold is contained within the ladder-veins.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Stratabound |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 1524 | 75 | 260 | 60 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 53524 |
Gold 6197 Ounces |
PAMOUR PORCUPINE MINES, LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1984. | 59000 TONS MILLED AT 0.118 OZ. PER TON, 6197 OZ. AU |
| 1984 | 7694899 |
Gold 2502214 Ounces |
1998 OGS OFR 5990, TABLE 2A | YEARS 1940-84; 2502214 OZ AU, 8482174 TONS MILLED @ 0.30 OZ/TON |
| 1983 | 51165 |
Gold 7233 Ounces |
PAMOUR PORCUPINE MINES, LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 1983 | 56400 TONS MILLED AT 0.141 OZ. PER TON, 7233 OZ. |
| 1982 | 66406 |
Gold 8890 Ounces |
PAMOUR PORCUPINE MINES | 73200 TONS MILLED AS 0.136 OZ. PER TON, 8890 OZ. GOLD |
| 1977 | 95737 |
Gold 21143 Ounces |
PAMOUR PORCUPINES MINES LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT 1977 | 105532 TONS MILLED AT 0.221 OZ PER TON AU, 21143 OZ. GOLD |
| 1972 | 211191 |
Silver 3813 Ounces Gold 58343 Ounces |
STAT. RPT. ON MIN. INDUSTRY 1971-1973 VOL. IV-VI PG. 70 | 232798 TONS MILLED YIELDED 58343 OZ. AU, 3813 OZ. AG |
| 1971 | 251149 |
Silver 8216 Ounces Gold 78792 Ounces |
STAT. RPT. ON MIN. INDUSTRY 1971-1973 VOL. IV-VI PG. 24 | 276844 TONS MILLED YIELDED 78792 OZ. AU, 8216 OZ. AG |
| 1970 | 237428 |
Silver 4625 Ounces Gold 73151 Ounces |
AR80 MINING OPS. IN ONT. PGS 11-1, ANN. STAT. RPT. ON MIN. PROD. 1969 V.3 PG. 76 | 261720 TONS MILLED YIELDED 73151 OZ. AU, 4625 OZ. AG |
| 1969 | 236587 |
Silver 3544 Ounces Gold 77208 Ounces |
AR79 MINING OPS. IN ONT. PGS 4-5, ANN. STAT. RPT. ON MIN. PROD. 1969 V.2 PG. 76 | 260793 TONS MILLED YIELDED 77208 OZ. AU, 3544 OZ. AG |
| 1968 | 244144 |
Silver 6501 Ounces Gold 91348 Ounces |
AR78 MINING OPS. IN ONT. PGS 4-5, ANN. STAT. RPT. ON MIN. PROD. 1968 V.1 PG. 34 | 269123 TONS MILLED YIELDED 91348 OZ. AU, 6501 OZ. AG |
| 1967 | 218940 |
Silver 5216 Ounces Gold 74834 Ounces |
AR76 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1967 PAGES 16,19-20 | 241340 TONS MILLED YIELDED 74834 OZ. AU, 5216 OZ. AG |
| 1966 | 230700 |
Silver 5525 Ounces Gold 78693 Ounces |
AR76 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1966 PAGES 14,17-18 | 254303 TONS MILLED YIELDED 78693 OZ. AU, 5525 OZ. AG |
| 1965 | 241027 |
Silver 5505 Ounces Gold 78601 Ounces |
AR75 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1965 PAGES 12,14-15 | 265687 TONS MILLED YIELDED 78601 OZ. AU, 5505 OZ. AG |
| 1964 | 246573 |
Silver 5763 Ounces Gold 83340 Ounces |
AR74 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1964 PAGES 12,14-15 | 271800 TONS MILLED YIELDED 83340 OZ. AU, 5763 OZ. AG |
| 1963 | 250957 |
Silver 6291 Ounces Gold 89426 Ounces |
AR73 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1963 PAGES 14,16-17 | 276633 TONS MILLED YIELDED 89426 OZ. AU, 6291 OZ. AG |
| 1962 | 248590 |
Silver 5869 Ounces Gold 81971 Ounces |
AR72 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1962 PAGES 14,16-17 | 274024 TONS MILLED YIELDED 81971 OZ. AU, 5869 OZ. AG |
| 1961 | 252860 |
Silver 6279 Ounces Gold 86932 Ounces |
AR71 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1961 PAGES 14,16-17 | 278730 TONS MILLED YIELDED 86932 OZ. AU, 6279 OZ. AG |
| 1960 | 240283 |
Silver 6207 Ounces Gold 83697 Ounces |
AR70 STAT. REVIEW COMBINED WITH MINING OPS 1960 PAGES 14,16-17 | 264867 TONS MILLED YIELDING 83697 OZ. AU, 6207 OZ. AG |
| 1959 | 240910 |
Silver 6438 Ounces Gold 86183 Ounces |
AR69 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1959 PG. 12, AR69 PT2 MINING OPS. 1959, PGS. 9-10 | 265558 TONS MILLED YIELDING 86183 OZ. AU, 6438 OZ. AG |
| 1958 | 214192 |
Silver 6802 Ounces Gold 81870 Ounces |
AR68 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1958 PG. 12, AR68 PT2 MINING OPS 1958 PGS. 8-9 | 236106 TONS MILLED YIELDING 81870 OZ. AU, 6802 OZ. AG |
| 1957 | 176728 |
Silver 5325 Ounces Gold 70085 Ounces |
AR67 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1957 PG. 10, AR67 PT2 MINING OPS I957 PGS. | 194809 TONS MILLED YIELDING 70085 OZ. AU, 5325 OZ. AG |
| 1956 | 164054 |
Silver 147430 Gold 2053669 |
AR66 PT 1 STAT. REVIEW 1956 PG. 10, AR66 PT2 MINING OPS IN 1956 PGS.14-15 | 180839 TONS MILLED YIELDING 66027 OZ. AU, 4740 OZ. AG |
| 1955 | 163539 |
Silver 154149 Gold 2173698 |
AR65 PT1 STAT REVIEW 1955 PG. 10,AR65 PT2 MINING OPS IN 1955 PGS. 8-10 | 180271 TONS MILLED YIELDING 69886 OZ. AU, 4956 OZ. AG |
| 1954 | 151852 |
Silver 140930 Gold 1939644 |
AR64 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1954 PG. 10, AR64 PT2 MINING OPS 1954 PGS. 6-8 | 167388 TONS MILLED YIELDING 62361.000 OZ. AU, 4531 OZ. AG |
| 1953 | 126787 |
Silver 111879 Gold 1700209 |
AR63 PT 1 STAT REVIEW 1953 PG. 10, AR63 PT 2 MINING OPS. 1953 PGS. 6-8 | 139759 TONS MILLED YIELDING 54663.000 OZ. AU, 3597 OZ. AG. |
| 1952 | 162229 |
Silver 168767 Gold 2312450 |
AR62 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1952 PG. 10, AR62 PT 2 MINING OPS. 1952 PGS. 5-6 | 178827 TONS MILLED YIELDED 74347.000 OZ. AU, 5426 OZ. AG |
| 1951 | 159644 |
Silver 151972 Gold 2036752 |
AR61 PT 1 STAT. REVIEW 1951 PG. 12, AR61 PT2 MINING OPS. 1951 PGS 5,6 | 175977 TONS MILLED YIELDED 65483.111 OZ. AU, 4886 OZ. AG |
| 1950 | 160908 |
Silver 149359 Gold 2034917 |
AR60 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1950 PG. 12, AR60 PT2 MINES OF ONT. 1950 PGS. 5-7 | 177371 TONS MILLED YEILDED 65424.106 OZ. AU, 4802 OZ. AG |
| 1949 | 159746 |
Silver 151972 Gold 1969327 |
AR59 PT1 STAT REVIEW 1949 PG 10, AR59 PT2 MINES OF ONT. 1949 PGS. 4-5 | 176090 TONS MILLED YEILDED 63315.319 OZ. AU, 4886 OZ. AG |
| 1948 | 160176 |
Silver 140308 Gold 1775367 |
AR58 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1948 PG. 10, AR58 PT2 MINES OF ONT. 1948 PGS. 5-7 | 176564 TONS MILLED YIELDED 57079.368 OZ. AU, 4511 OZ. AG |
| 1947 | 156479 |
Silver 145160 Gold 1810553 |
AR57 PT 1 STAT. REVIEW 1947 PG. 10, AR57 PT2 MINES OF ONT. 1947 PGS. | 172489 TONS MILLED YIELDED 58210.642 OZ. AU, 4667 OZ. AG |
| 1946 | 152139 |
Silver 139935 Gold 1763955 |
AR56 PT 1 STAT. REVIEW 1946 PG. 1, AR56 PT2 MINES OF ONT 1946 PGS. 7-8 | 167705 TONS MILLED YIELDED 56712.458 OZ. AU, 4499 OZ. AG |
| 1945 | 130081 |
Silver 141645 Gold 1746248 |
AR55 PT1 STAT REVIEW 1945 PG. 10, AR55 PT2 MINES OF ONT 1945 PGS. 6-7 | 143390 TONS YIELDED 56143.170 OZ. AU, 4554 OZ. AG |
| 1944 | 124576 |
Silver 130479 Gold 1559976 |
AR 54 PT1 STAT REVIEW 1944 PG. 10, AR54 PT2 MINES OF ONT. 1944 PGS. 7-8 | 137321 TONS MILLED YIELDED 50154.383 OZ. AU, 4195 OZ. AG, |
| 1943 | 144638 |
Silver 132034 Gold 1546453 Tungsten 9235 |
AR 53 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1943 PG. 10, MINES OF ONT. 1943 PGS. 73-74 | 159436 TONS MILLED, 49719.632 OZ.AU, 4245 OZ. AG, 10.18 TONS SCHEELITE |
| 1942 | 157278 |
Silver 130292 Gold 1491827 |
AR52 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1942 PG. 10, MINES OF ONT 1942 PGS 73-74 | 173369 TONS MILLED YIELDED 47963.344 OZ. AU, 4189 OZ. AG |
| 1941 | 144552 |
Silver 121739 Gold 1339064 |
AR51 PT1 STAT. REVIEW 1941, PG 13, MINES OF ONT. 1941 PGS. 68-69 | 159341 TONS MILLED YIELDED 43051.919 OZ. AU, 3914 OZ. AG |
| 1940 | 115313 |
Silver 94959 Gold 1108536 |
AR50 PT 1A STAT REVIEW 1940, PAGE 8 AND AR50 PT1 MINES OF ONT 1940, PAGES 4,5 | 127,111 TONS YIELDED 35640.267 OZ. AU, 3053 OZ. AG |
| 1939 | 27216 | AR49 PT1 MINES OF ONTARIO IN 1939, PAGE 76 | 30,000 TONS OF ORE WAS HOISTED IN 1939 WITH NO RECORD OF MILLING |
Book - Aunor mine; in Structural geology of Canadian ore deposits, Jubilee Volume
Publication Number: Page: 507-515 Date: 1948
Author: Buffam, B.S.W.
Publisher Name: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Location: Timmins RGP
File - Resident Geologist files T-25, T-251
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Deloro Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0342 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Deloro Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2079 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Sangster P.J., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1989; Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, Mineral Bulletin MR 223
Publication Number: MR 223 Page: ONT-256 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bedivere Lake Area
Publication Number: P3523 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2005
Author: Stone D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - 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-96 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Northern Miner 84-07-12, Price, p. 1,2
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1984
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1938
Publication Number: ARV48-01.003 Page: 76-77 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cave A.E., Tower W.O., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 88-89 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
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: 57-58 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R219 Page: 71, 84, 95, 118 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
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:
Book - A HISTORY OF PAMOUR PORCUPINE MINES LIMITED
Publication Number: Tech P. 1 Date:
Author: Noranda Group
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - NO. 2 SHAFT RAISE, AUNOR GOLD MINES, LTD. (IN) CIMM TRANS. VOL. LX
Publication Number: Tech P. 2 Date: 1957
Author: Montgomery, G.H.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - CIRCULAR CONCRETE DRIFT SUPPORT AT AUNOR (IN) CIMM TRANS., VOL. LVI
Publication Number: Tech P. 3 Date: 1953
Author: Glendinning, A.M.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Thesis - A study of the geology associated with gold values on the 4000 level of the Aunor Mine
Publication Number: BSc Thesis Date: 1975
Author: van Hees, E.H.P.
Publisher Name: University of Waterloo
Location: Timmins RGP
Thesis - Auriferous ankerite vein genesis in the Aunor Mine, Timmins
Publication Number: MSc Thesis Date: 1979
Author: van Hees, E.H.P.
Publisher Name: University of Western Ontario
Location:
Book - Annual Reports of the Timmins Resident Geologist, miscellaneous papers
Publication Number: ROAs Date: 1972
Author: Various
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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