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| Record Name(s) | Murphy Gold Mine - 1921, Amherst - 1942, Goudreau Mine - 1922, Golden Algoma - 1960, Algold Mines - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1987-May-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Abotossaway
Latitude: 48° 13' 53.91" Longitude: -84° 36' .75"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 678205 Northing: 5344831 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The site is located 6.5 kilometers, southwest of the town of Goudreau (which lies along the ACR railway). A bush road is taken using an ATV (as the road is blocked at Goudreau) directly to the site. The power line from Goudreau can also be followed to the site.
1921: discovery by T. Murphy. 1922: Porter Gold Mines and Goudreau Gold Mines Ltd. - 2 shafts; No 1 shaft to 400 vertical feet, No. 2 shaft to 200 vertical feet; 2751 feet drifting; operations clouded in secrecy, no qualified engineer employed, operations ceased 1926, 5 ddh (2999 ft.) in 1927. 1928: New Goudreau Gold Mines Ltd. acquired property - no work completed. 1930: optioned by Bennett-Pacaud Mines Ltd. - mine dewatered, 2 sublevels completed. 1934: Algold Mines Ltd./Amherst Gold Mines Limited - mine dewatering, completion of 932 feet of drifting; 1936-38 underground drifting and raising; 1939 - surface diamond drilling. 1940: Norgold Mines Limited - 400 ton bulk sample, 2 deep ddh. 1946: Omar Gold Mines Ltd. - property acquired, no available data. 1959: Golden Algoma Mines Ltd. - dewatering, sampling, 58 underground ddh (5444 feet); 1960 - 15 ddh (5459 feet). 1986-1987: Mascot Gold Mines Ltd - trenching, ground geophysics, mapping, 12 ddh (1900 m), in 1987 43 ddh (8500 m). 1987: International Corona Resources Ltd. - mapping. 1987-88: Prime Explorations Ltd. and Orequest Consultants - diamond drilling (55 ddh - 12 483 m), soil sampling, VLF-EM survey, mapping. 2003: Holmer Gold Mines Ltd. - 15 ddh (8335 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ABOTOSSAWAY22 | 42C02NE8722 | 42C02NE8722 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY17 | 42C02NE0950 | 42C02NE0950 |
| ABOTOSSAWAY30 | 42C02NE0217 | 42C02NE0217 |
| WPABOTOSSAWAY.9 | 42C07SE0009 | 42C07SE0009 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Murphy Gold Mine is hosted by the western domain of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone (GLDZ). The GLDZ is up to 4.5 km in width and strikes roughly 100 degrees for at least 30 km. It is coincident with the major contact between cycle 2 (2720 Ma) felsic to intermediate pyroclastic metavolcanic rocks to the south, and cycle 3 (2700 Ma) massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanic rocks to the north. The western domain of the GLDZ is composed of 85 - 115 degree striking brittle and brittle-ductile high-strain zones displaying dextral oblique-slip displacement. Lineations plunge moderately to steeply to the west.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Feldspar | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Massive, Pillowed, Schistose | Near |
Nov 02, 2010 (A Wilson) - The quartz-carbonate vein cuts across hornfelsed intermediate to mafic pillowed and massive metavolcanic rocks and associated quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusions. The western part of the vein is bordered by fine-grained, leucocratic quartz-mica schists which grade outward into gneissic trondhjemite. The eastern end is bordered by chlorite-quartz-calcite-muscovite schists. The porphyry is considered to be an apophyse of the Gutcher Lake Stock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Strong | Replacement | ||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Medium | Veins | ||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 3 | Strong | Veins | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 4 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein quartz is of two separate ages and the metallic minerals are associated with the second order quartz. Pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, bornite and gold are the dominant metallic minerals associated with the vein. Gold is found in cracks in the quartz and carbonate (ankerite) within the vein. The best assay from a sample taken from trenches by an OGS field party was 0.04 oz/t over 10 feet. A grab sample taken in 1990 returned a value of 0.17 oz/t from a massive quartz vein. Well defined quartz carbonate veins are much less prevalent than zones of intensely sheared and brecciated rock which have been subjected to quartz flooding. The best assays from the 1986 drilling of Mascot returned values of 2.416 oz/t Au over 3.28 ft.
Nov 02, 2010 (A Wilson) - Fe-carbonte lateration is found in both the mafic metavolcanic rocks and the felsic porphyry dikes found adjacent to the Murphy vein system. The alteration is localized in highly strained mafic metavolcanic rocks, decreases away from the main veins system to a chlorite calcite assemblage in the less deformed rocks.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Breccia |
| 3 | Sheared |
| 1 | Stockwork |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 500 | 3 | 30 | 100 | 75 | 2720 MA | OFR 5888 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Vein | 2004 | Unclassified | 98059 | 43-101 Report, Band-Ore Resources Rock Star Property 01/12/2004 | 108,092 tons @ 0.392 oz/t | Gold 0.392 oz/T |
| North Vein | 1988 | Unclassified | 58719 | Assessment File, WP Abotossaway 22 | 10,123 oz Au | Gold 0.156 oz/T |
| Main Vein | 1988 | Unclassified | 167536 | Assessment File, WP Abotossaway 22 | 66,103 oz Au | Gold 0.357 oz/T |
| No. 2 Shaft | 1960 | Unclassified | 2792 | OFR5587 p. 243 | Above 200 ft level | Gold .5 oz/T |
| West Open Cut | 1960 | Unclassified | 2986 | OFR5587, p. 243 | Possibly above the 200 ft level, no grade recorded | |
| No. 1 Shaft | 1960 | Unclassified | 5184 | OFR5587 | Gold .13 oz/T |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 21057 |
Silver 10917 Gold 76202 |
OFR 5587, P. 238 | Produced 1926, 1932, 1936-38, 1940 |
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM49G Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Abotossaway Township
Publication Number: OFM0223 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Notes on the Goudreau gold area
Publication Number: ARV30-04.003 Page: 39-42 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 65-69 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Goudreau and Michipicoten gold areas, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV40-04.001 Page: 20-25 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Goudreau-Lochalsh area
Publication Number: ARV49-03 Page: 43-47 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
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: 24 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 110 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 2 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Abotossaway, Corbiere, Leclaire and Musquash Townships and Part of Dunphy Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5587 Page: 236-243 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Goudreau-Lochalsh area, Wawa gold camp
Publication Number: OFR5832 Page: 19-21 Date: 1992
Author: Heather K.B., Arias Z.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Seventieth annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines, volume 70, mining operations in 1960, statistical review of the mining industry for 1960
Publication Number: ARV70 Page: 29 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1959
Publication Number: ARV69-02 Page: 23-24 Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1936
Publication Number: ARV46-01.003 Page: 22, 93 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 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 10, 16, 17, 84, 85 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 1938
Publication Number: ARV48-01.003 Page: 10, 16, 17, 74, 75 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:
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: 53 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Publication - Michipicoten Iron Ranges; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 147
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 147 Page: 6,35,130,143,157,160 Date: 1926
Author: Collins, W H; Quirke, T T; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100849
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