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Record: MDI42D15SW00073

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold

Location

Township or Area: Syine

Latitude: 48° 51' 4.6"    Longitude: -86° 56' 30.86"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 504261.78   Northing: 5410924.87    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D15SW

Point Location Description: Adit

Location Method: Field Visit

Access Description: The Elgin Silver Mine is located in Syine Township about 16 km east of Terrace Bay and km northeast of Highway 17 (claim map G-634, Syine Township). Access may be gained via an old foot trail/bush road which extends northeast from Highway 17 at Fishnet Creek, 0.7 km to the showings.

Exploration History

Pre-1882: Mineralization discovered in area. High gold and silver values reported. 1882: Bulk sampling and assaying; Elgin Silver Mining Co. 1884-1885: Unspecified development work, a tunnel or adit 45.74 m long was driven in the area sometime prior to 1890; Elgin Silver Mining Co. c.1928: Surface work and road construction; W. Longworth. 1929 (?): Unspecified surface work; Northern Light Gold Mines. 1933-1936: Trenching, stripping and pitting; Siville-Ferrier Syndicate. 1956-1980: The occurrence was restaked several times by various parties but no work was recorded. 1981-1983: Stripping and surface work; J.R. Hamel. 1984: Geophysical (EM, MAG) and geological surveys; Goldhurst Resources Inc. 1985: Property examination and lithogeochemical sampling; OGS Resident Geologist staff. 1987: The property was optioned as part of a larger block which also hosted the Beaver Creek, Blood, Elgin North, and the Siville showings by Forerunner Resources. Stripping, trenching, soil and lithogeochemical sampling and geological mapping; Forerunner Resources (which later became Beardmore resources Ltd.). Property examination and lithogeochemical sampling; OGS Resident Geologist staff. 1991: Prospecting, sampling and trenching (on the Beaver Creek showing); J.R. Hamel. 1992-1994: J.R. Hamel drilled 5 DDH totalling 45 m. 2007-8: W. Richards carried out stripping and sampling. 2009: Galahad Metals carried out soil sampling, stripping, and channel sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - According to Map No. 2107 (Walker 1967) the area is underlain by granite to quartz diorite rocks which have intruded massive to pillowed to amphibolitic mafic volcanic rocks. The schistosity trends N70 degrees E and dips an average 85 degrees to the south. The occurrence consists of a sulphide-mineralized quartz-carbonate vein hosted within biotite-chlorite-amphibole schist.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - The quartz +/- carbonate vein is up to 3 m in width strikes 30 degrees and dips 25 degrees NW. The vein displays a crack-seal texture and has seams of amphibolite within the vein. The vein is hosted by a biotite-chlorite-amphibolite schist and the quartz has a strained or bluish appearance near the contacts. Granitic intrusive rocks are also present in the area, and the contact with the Terrace Bay Batholith is nearby.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - De Quadros (1988) described the Elgin showing as consisting of two adits each about 65 to 70 feet long. Galena was observed in vein samples and lead shows a strong correlation with silver. Coarse euhedral pyrite up to 2 cm in size was observed. Grab samples collected from the occurrence by Noranda Mines Limited personnel during a property visit returned assay values of up to 1.09% Cu, 1.24% Zn, 2.42% Pb, 1.11 opt Ag and 0.68 opt Au (Schnieders et al. 1996). Grab samples collected from the occurrence by Forerunner Resources in 1987 returned assay values of up to 70 ppb Au and 160 ppm Ag. Grab samples collected from the occurrence in 1987 by OGS Resident Geologist staff returned assay values of up to 0.02 opt Au and 6.54 opt Ag.

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1973

Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.

Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 730-733  Date: 1996

Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Jackfish-Middleton area, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2107 Date: 1967

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Jackfish-Middleton area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R050 Date: 1997

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP

Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP161 Page: 121-165  Date: 1993

Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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