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| Record Name(s) | Kremzar Mine - 1981, New Vein Zone - 1940, Kremser Float - 1927, Kremzar Prospect - 1971, Finan Township Float No. 1 - 1978, New Zone - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Oct-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Finan
Latitude: 48° 18' 20.23" Longitude: -84° 26' .95"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 690301.42 Northing: 5353453.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SW
Point Location Description: Kremzar head frame
Location Method: Field Visit
Access Description: Access is via an 18 km all-weather gravel road that turns off of highway 519 just west of the town of Dubreuilville. Dubreuilville is on highway 519, 44 km east of the junction of Highway 17 and 519. The mine access road is located approximately 2 km east of the junction of the new Goudreau Road and the old Goudreau Road.
1925-29: P. Kremzar - discovery of high-grade quartz boulders on claim SSM 3909; prospecting, discovery of auriferous veins on claim SSM 3901, 6 ddh (665 ft) drilled on No. 2, No. 7 and No. 8 veins. 1925: Algoma Exploration and Development Co. - sampling, trenching, 6 ddh (665 ft). 1929: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines - sampling. 1930: Kremzar Gold Mine Company - incorporation to take over property of Algoma Exploration and Development Company. 1930: M. J. O'Brien - trenching, 10 ddh (4843.5 ft) on No. 1, No. 2 Zone and Tent Vein. 1932-33: J. MacKintosh Bell - trenching, sampling, mapping 1936: P. E. Hopkins and C. F. Cockshutt - 12 ddh (2004.1 ft) on No 1 Veins and Tent Vein. 1940: M. J. O'Brien/Cline Lake Gold Mines - 24 ddh on No. 2, No. 7 and Tent Veins; New Veins discovered on SSM 3902; stripping trenching, sampling, 17 ddh on New Veins. 1981-90: Canamax Resources Incorporated - mapping, diamond drilling, spiral decline and development on 2 levels in 1985-86; production decision announced in 1987 to commence operations in 1988; mine closed August 1990 and placed on care and maintenance. 1995: Patricia Gold Mines - property acquisition. 1997: Patricia Mines Ltd. - trenching(WP Finan.42).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP_Finan-42 | 20000018505 | 20000018505 |
| FINAN 0017A1 | 42C08SW0244 | 42C08SW0244 |
| FINAN 0038 | 42C08SW8737 | 42C08SW8737 |
| FINAN 0044 | 42C08SW0058 | 42C08SW0058 |
| FINAN 0046 | 42C08SW0249 | 42C08SW0249 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The deposit lies within the Northern Domain of the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone. The GLDZ is up to 4.5 km in width and strikes in a gentle sigmoid-form for at least 30 km, subparallel to the stratigraphy and the regional foliation. In the immediate Goudreau-Lochalsh area, the GLDZ is coincident with a major contact between Cycle 2 and Cycle 3 volcanics. There is a strong structural control of the gold-bearing quartz veins systms within each of the 070-075 striking high-strain zones within the deformation zone. The Northern Domain of the GLDZ is located immediately south of the Maskinonge Lake stock and is composed of brittle to brittle-ductile high-strain zones oriented at high angles to the 70 degree striking regional foliation These narrow brittle to ductile high-strain zones are up to tens of metres wide and may contain concordant quartz veins, and millimetre- to centimetre-scale brittle shears or fractures. The NE striking high-strain zones display sinistral, oblique-slip displacement, while the NW-striking shears display dextral, olblique-slip displacement.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Mafic To Intermediate | Sheared | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The orebody is hosted by intensely sheared and altered mafic rocks interpreted either as metavolcanic flows or metaintrusive rocks. Thin units of intermediate to felsic tuff may locally be present within the stratigraphy. The showings consist of quartz veins or silicification within ductile shear zones with associated metasomatism. The orebody is cross cut by a 4 metre wide diabase dike.
| 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 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Biotite | Alteration | Biotitic | 2 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 3 | Medium | Replacement | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Potassic | 4 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Mineralization consists of cherty blue-grey quartz veins containing potassium feldspar and sericite. Native gold occurs mainly as very fine-grained free gold, as fine individual specks and on the boundaries of fine-grained anhedral to subhedral pyrite grains.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Altheration associated with the gold mineralization has been subdivided inot an outer zone dominated by chlorite-biotite-carbonate and an inner zone dominated by sericite-biotite-potassium feldspar. An extremely sharp boundary exists between the relatively unaltered rocks and the alter rocks. The mineralized high-strain zone weathers to a distinctive rusty-brouwn colour due to the abundant Fe-carbonate.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Regular | 120 | 7 | 70 |
Date: Oct 16, 2000
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The mine comprised tow sub-parallel, high-strain hosted auriferous quartz vein systems referred to as the R-Zone and the B-Zone. These quartz vein systems show evidence of having undergone folding and/or sheari deformation. The R high-strain zone contains an obliquely oriented, S-shaped schistosity which curves as symptotically into discrete, bounding shear zones. The orebody is hosted exclusively within the R-Zone, a ductile high-strain zone. In plan view the mineralized zone is made up of right-stepping, en echelon ore-shoots. They are similar in orientation to the S-shaped sigmoidal schistisity observed within the R high-strain zone at surface. A narrower, subparallel high-strain zone known as the B-zone occurs immediately north of the R-zone.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kremzar Mine | 1999 | Proven | 206799 | Resident Geologist files | Gold 7.65 g/t | |
| Kremzar Mine | 1990 | Possible | 85952 | Patricia Mining Corp, 43-101 report, 29/11/2004 p. 8-1 | Gold 7.04 g/t | |
| Kremzar Mine | 1990 | Proven | 181944 | Patricia Mining Corp, 43-101 report, 29/11/2004 p. 8-1 | Proven and possible | Gold 6.27 g/t |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 306603 |
Gold 1455580 |
RESIDENT GEOLOGIST FILES |
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM36B Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Goudreau gold area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM40E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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 - Precambrian geology, Finan Township
Publication Number: P3168 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1990
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Finan Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF139 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Thesis - Gold Mineralization in Relation to Potassic Alteration, Kremzar Property, Finan Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: BSc Thesis Date: 1986
Author: Kwok, K.M.
Publisher Name: Laurentian University
Location: SSM RGP
Book - Northern Miner 85-02-21, Canamax, p. A1,A2
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1985
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Northern Miner 85-09-16, Canamax/Kremzar p. 3
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1985
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Northern Miner 87-03-09, Missinabie Area, p. B4
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1987
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGP
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1941
Publication Number: ARV51-01.003 Page: 87 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 - Goudreau and Michipicoten gold areas, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV40-04.001 Page: 26-30 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The Michipicoten-Missinaibi area
Publication Number: ARV44-08.001 Page: 14-17 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M.
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: 39-40 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: 194 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of Wawa-Missinabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 27 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Aguonie, Bird, Finan and Jacobson Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5588 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1983, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP117 Page: 185 Date: 1984
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1986, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP134 Page: 235 Date: 1987
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1987, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP138 Page: 185 Date: 1988
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Wawa Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.010 Page: 186-187 Date: 1997
Author: Tortosa D.J.J., Frey E.D., Stewart R.C., Wilson A.C., Wing W., Beach P., Walmsley J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Wawa Resident Geologist's District - 1990
Publication Number: MP152.009 Page: 183 Date: 1997
Author: Tortosa D.J.J., Frey E.D., Delisle P.C., Lowe C., Wilson A.C., Beach P., Walmsley J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Goudreau-Lochalsh gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.002 Page: 77 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Goudreau-Lochalsh area, Wawa gold camp
Publication Number: OFR5832 Page: 29-32 Date: 1992
Author: Heather K.B., Arias Z.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 173 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Article - Geological setting of gold mineralization in the Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: MP137.024 Page: 155-162 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B., Arias Z.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Ontario occurrences of float, placer gold and other heavy minerals
Publication Number: MDC017 Page: 41 Date: 1978
Author: Ferguson S.A., Freeman E.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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