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Record: MDI42C16NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shenango Gold Mine - 1935, Gervais Option - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Nov-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Hawkins

Latitude: 48° 59' 9.09"    Longitude: -84° 4' 43.81"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 713709   Northing: 5429996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42C16NE

Point Location Description: Fenced open pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south along the Caithness Road from Hearst and then westward toward Oba. The pits and shafts are located near Shenango Lake, east of the railway tracks.



Exploration History

1935-36: Shenango Gold Mines Limited - small scale, open cut mining; 50 tpd mill installed. 1935: Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd.- trenching, sampling 1937: Shenango Gold Mines Ltd. - 90 ft adit driven from bottom of open pit, 40 ft X-cutting; 52 ft vertical shaft sunk to the east; 2500 ft diamond drilling. 1938: Shenango Gold Mines Ltd. - trenching, 5 ddh (1400 ft). 1939: Shenango Gold Mines Ltd. - new shaft sunk to 125 ft, 20 ft drfting; surface trenching. 1979-80: Sulpetro Minerals/St. Joseph Explorations Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, sampling, soil sampling, IP survey. 1984-86: Falconbridge Ltd. - soil survey, sampling, 44 ddh, stripping, trenching. 1999-2007: D. McKinnon - 3 ddh (431 m), ground geophysics, trenching. 2013: Canadian Orebodies Inc. - geochemical sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Hawkins 0031/ 2.21550 42C16NE2005 42C16NE2005
WT Hawkins.43/2.54780 20000009152 20000009152
Hawkins-0012/ 2.3293 / 42F01SE5049 42F01SE5050 42F01SE5050
Hawkins-0013/ 2.3135 / 42F01SE5051 42F01SE5052 42F01SE5052
Hawkins 0030/ 2.21869 42C16NE2006 42C16NE2006
WT Hawkins.33/ 2.25874 42C16NE2008 42C16NE2008
WT Hawkins.32/ 2.23680 42C16NE2007 42C16NE2007
WT Hawkins.30/ 2.21869 42C16NE2006 42C16NE2006
WT Hawkins.27/ 2.20491 42C16NE2004 42C16NE2004
WT Hawkins.26 / 2.19550 42C16NE2002 42C16NE2002
Hawkins 0034/ 2.27799 42C16NE2009 42C16NE2009
Hawkins 0028, 17 42C16NE8224 42C16NE8224
Hawkins 0032/ 2.23680 42C16NE2007 42C16NE2007
Hawkins 0019 42C16NE8229 42C16NE8229
Hawkins 0024 42B13NW0205 42B13NW0205
Hawkins 0029 42C16NE8226 42C16NE8226
Hawkins-0011 / 2.4407 42B13NW8067 42B13NW8067
Hawkins 0027/ 2.20491 42C16NE2004 42C16NE2004
Hawkins-0026/ 2.19550 42C16NE2002 42C16NE2002
Hawkins 0025/ 2.18971 42C16NE2003 42C16NE2003
Hawkins 0023/ 2.6500 42F01SE5041 42F01SE5041
Hawkins- 0022 / 2.6524 / 42C16NE8065 42F01SE5042 42F01SE5042
Hawkins 0033/ 2.25874 42C16NE2008 42C16NE2008

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Sericite Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Sheared Host
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The sericite schists have a locally gneissic texture and are intruded by aplite, feldspar porphyry, amphibolite and pegmatite. The mafic metavolcanics have been metamorphosed to amphibolite and have few primary volcanic textures preserved.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
3HematiteEconomicGangue
SilicaAlterationSilicification1StrongReplacement
SericiteAlterationSericitization2StrongReplacement

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Shear

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Lens 122 1.5 76
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Northern Section 1945 Unclassified 37739 Hawkins 0011 41,600 tons at 0.14 oz/t Au Gold 4.8 Grams per Tonne
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1945 1 Silver 155 Grams
Gold 1113 Grams
 MP020 p. 6 production from mill clean up
1937 841 Silver 62 Grams
Gold 637 Grams
 ARV47- 1, facing p. 10 $719.00 Au; $720 Ag
1936 1597 Silver 933 Grams
Gold 303 Grams
 ARV46 - 1 p. 14 $341.00 Au; $354.00 Ag

References

File - Resident Geologist files Hawkins 0035, WT Hawkins.29, WT Hawkins.

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Hornepayne sheet, districts of Algoma and Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury mining divisions, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0476 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Oba area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM38C Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Maynard J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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 - Mines of Ontario in 1935

Publication Number: ARV45-01.003 Page: 157  Date: 1997

Author: Sinclair D.G., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1936

Publication Number: ARV46-01.003 Page: 14, 22, 200-201  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

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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1937

Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 16, 205  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: 17, 197  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

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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1939

Publication Number: ARV49-01.003 Page: facing p. 12  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

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Mono - Notes on mineral occurrences, Hornepayne sheet map P.476, geological compilation series

Publication Number: MP020 Page: 6  Date: 1968

Author: Giblin P.E.

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: 19  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 209-210  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1944

Publication Number: ARV54-01.001 Page: 24  Date: 1997

Author: Tremblay M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1945

Publication Number: ARV55-01.001 Page: 10  Date: 1997

Author: Tremblay M.

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: 242  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Mono - Geology of the Kabinakagami Lake Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: OFR5787 Page: 54-57  Date: 1993

Author: Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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