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| Record Name(s) | Bonetal Mine - 1941, Bonetal Shaft Claim P18523 - 1938 |
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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-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 31' .6" Longitude: -81° 9' 7.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 488763 Northing: 5373758 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Capped shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel north along the Hallnor Mine road. The site is immediately west of the Hallnor Mine.
1935-39: Porcupine Creek Syndicate and Bonetal Gold Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, surface diamond drilling (14,973 ft), underground drilling from drifts extended from Hallnor Mine. 1940: Bonetal Gold Mines ltd. - vertical shaft constructed: first development work done by extending drifts from Hallnor Mine 1951: Broulan Reef Mines Limited takes over operation of older part of the Bonetal property. 1966: Broulan Reef Mines – shaft and workings reopened, sampling. 1984: Newmont Exploration of Canada – DD-3-2531 ft.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Massive, Tuffs, Breccias | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudstone | 2 | Argillite, Arkose | Contains | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Conglomerate | 4 | Adjacent |
Jan 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - The site is overlain by a thick sequence of overburden. Geologic interpretation of the site was on the basis of diamond drill core. A pronounced unconformity is interpreted between the volcanic rocks and the metasediments. At the north and south parts of the property is a sequence of massive flows, between which is a complex series of thin flows interbedded with volcanic breccia and tuff. The sediments consist of arkose, slate and mudstones. Two bands of conglomerates also were intersected in the western part of the property and are interpreted to continue across the Bonetal ground. Gold values appeared to be higher grade where the zones lie in the massive arkose.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Ore on the property was considered as a continuation of the Hallnor vein. In 1938 an underground drill hole intersected 0.44 oz/t Au over 10 ft on the 3rd level, 50 ft west of the boundary between Bonetal and Hallnor ground. Drilling suggested that quartz veins and ore grade values occur in two zones about 20 ft apart. At the 2nd level horizon these zones lie about 50-70 ft SE of the greenstone contact. These strike parallel to the contact and dip steeply south across the steeply north-dipping beds of the sediments. Values appeared to be higher grade where the zones lay in the massive arkose. A 5 m section of core between 59.5 and 64.5 m, from NM-83-2, returned 0.024 oz/t Au from mafic metavolcanics.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Bonetal Procupine | 1950 | Unclassified | 440000 | T-0189, Homestake donation dated 1950 | rough calculation of 400,000 tons @0.50 oz/t Au | Gold 14.1 Grams per Tonne |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 43464 |
Gold 166188 Grams |
ARV61-1 facing p. 12 | 5862.488 oz Au from 39,513 tons milled |
| 1950 | 41375 |
Silver 8250 Grams Gold 178406 Grams |
ARV60- 1, facing p. 12 | 6293.227 oz Au, 291 oz Ag from 37,614 tons |
| 1949 | 49915 |
Silver 16357 Grams Gold 163692 Grams |
ARV59 - 1, facing p. 10 | 5774.83 OZ AU, 577 OZ AG FROM 45,377 TONS |
| 1948 | 47211 |
Silver 13948 Grams Gold 139369 Grams |
ARV58 -1 facing p 10 | 4916.279 oz Au 492 oz Ag from 42,919 tons |
| 1947 | 41953 |
Silver 12105 Grams Gold 120969 Grams |
ARV57- 1, facing p. 10 | 4267.507 oz Au, 427 oz Ag, from 38,139 tons |
| 1946 | 29367 |
Silver 13239 Grams Gold 132482 Grams |
ARV56- 1 facing p. 10 | 4673.1 oz Au, 467 oz Ag from 26 698 tons milled |
| 1945 | 26393 |
Silver 12389 Grams Gold 124173 Grams |
ARV55-1, facing p. 10 | 4380.53 oz Au, 437 oz Ag from 23,994 tons milled |
| 1944 | 28689 |
Silver 10773 Grams Gold 110905 Grams |
ARV54-1 facing p. 10 | 3912.5 oz Au, 380 oz Ag from 26, 081 tons milled |
| 1943 | 30578 |
Silver 11850 Grams Gold 121848 Grams |
ARV53- 1 facing p. 10 | 4298.590 oz Au, 418 oz Ag from 27,798 tons |
| 1942 | 44350 |
Silver 16584 Grams Gold 172254 Grams |
ARV52-1 facing p. 10 | 6076.310 oz Au, 585 oz Ag from 40,318 tons |
| 1941 | 7485 |
Silver 3005 Grams Gold 29852 Grams |
ARV51- 1, facing p. 16 | 1052.994 OZ AU, 106 OZ AG FROM 6805 TONS MILLED |
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: 251 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-0189, T-2918
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Whitney Township, northwest quarter
Publication Number: P0009 Scale: 1:6,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Structural geology, Whitney Township
Publication Number: P3172 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:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1939
Publication Number: ARV49-01.003 Page: 87 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Cave A.E., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Hargrave W.G., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
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 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1940
Publication Number: ARV50-01.001 Page: 12-13 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Cave A.E., Taylor J.B., Little E.S., Hargrave W.G., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1941
Publication Number: ARV51-01.003 Page: 76-77 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Cave A.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Bawden W.E., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1942
Publication Number: ARV52-01.003 Page: 80-81 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 - Mines of Ontario in 1943
Publication Number: ARV53-01.003 Page: 79-80 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 - Mines of Ontario in 1944
Publication Number: ARV54-02.001 Page: 13-14 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 - Mines in Ontario in 1945
Publication Number: ARV55-02.001 Page: 10-11 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1946
Publication Number: ARV56-02 Page: 12-13 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Kirk A.T., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L., Barrett C.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1947
Publication Number: ARV57-02 Page: 11-12 Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948
Publication Number: ARV58-02 Page: 9-10 Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1949
Publication Number: ARV59-02 Page: 6-7 Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1950
Publication Number: ARV60-02 Page: 7 Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1951
Publication Number: ARV61-02 Page: 7-9 Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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