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Record: MDI52B09SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ourgold - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Jul-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Conacher

Latitude: 48° 37' 36.07"    Longitude: -90° 8' 14.74"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 710925.01   Northing: 5389913.08    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B09NE, 52B09SE

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Access is via Highway 11.



Exploration History

1936: Property discovered and staked by Rochon-Money Mining Syndicate. 1939: Same company conducted trenching. 1946: Ourgold Mining Company Limited, aquired the property and conducted extensive trenching. 1964: Ourgold held 1 patented claim, TB10962. 1982: Most of the original claims are owned by Noranda Exploration Company Limited or Greenwich Lake Explorations. 1 Patented claim still exists, ownership unknows (TB8811).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52G/13NW-28 52G13NW0021 52G13NW0021



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Lower Shebandowan Lake, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2267 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1973

Author: Morin J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 298  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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MonoMap - Geology of Hagey and Conacher townships, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: OFR5074 Page: 41-42  Date: 1997

Author: Morin J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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MonoMap - Geology of the Lower Shebandowan Lake area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R110 Page: 36  Date: 1973

Author: Morin J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey

Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 368-369  Date: 1985

Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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