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| Record Name(s) | Minto - 1903 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Aug-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Hutchinson
Latitude: 48° 48' 54.46" Longitude: -91° 16' 40.04"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 626430 Northing: 5408335 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52B14SW
Point Location Description: AMIS Shaft location
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access from Highway 11, north on Highway 623 to Sapawe then northeast along the Domtar Woodlands access road. Approx. 9km from highway 11. Shaft location west/sw from stripped area at 5408101 / 626440 (UTM zn15, Nad27).
1903: Shaft sunk to 50 feet by Little Rock Consolidated Mining and Development Company Limited. Inclined shaft, 80 degrees west-southwest on claim AL278. 1905: Shaft steepened to 60 feet. Installation of stamp mill, boiler, compressor, hoist, bunkhouse, blacksmith shop, shaft-house and office building. 1980: Property staked by M. Wicheruk. Shaft filled with dump materials. 1982: M. Wicheruk carried out stripping, trenching and sampling. 1988: Atiko Gold Mines Corp. flew airborne magnetometer, VLF-EM, and gradiometric surveys. Stripping, trenching, and sampling was carried out. 1992: M. Wicheruk carried out prospecting, stripping, and drilled 4 DDH totalling 50.6 m. 1996: M. Wicheruk carried out stripping and sampling. 2021: Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. carried out prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| OP92-541 | 52B14SW0052 | 52B14SW0052 |
| 2.17351 | 52B14SW0072 | 52B14SW0072 |
| 63.5662 | 52B14SW0002 | 52B14SW0002 |
| 52B14NW0002 | 20000005164 | 20000005164 |
| 77673 | 20000020126 | 20000020126 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Tonalite | 1 | Trondhjemite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase Dykes | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Feb 21, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Country rocks are foliated and gneissic varieties of trondhjemites. Sheets, dykes, and stringers of massive leucocratic trondhjemite cut the country rocks. Diabase occurs crosscutting all other units in northeast trending dykes. A major lineament runs through the mine property and can be traced for 27 km northeast from Sapawe Lake.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 21, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - Quartz veins occur in a shear zone associated with the regional lineament. The veins and shearing strike northeast with near vertical southeast dips. Two main veins are exposed on the property. The south vein, which had the shaft sunk on it, has a strike length of at least 60 m and a maximum width of 4.9 m. The north vein is located 305 m northeast of south vein (at UTM Zone 15, 626717 m E, 5408636 m N) and is exposed for 15 m along strike with a maximum width of 8.5 m. Both veins are composed of coarse grey quartz with minor pyrite, arsenopyrite, and ankerite. Wall rocks are chloritic schists containing trace to abundant pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, ankerite, and quartz. One fleck of gold was found in a dump sample of chloritic wall rocks. Samples assayed from 0.003 to 0.080 g/t Au (Wilkinson, 1982). Sample 81BMM-1 assayed 0.02 opt Au and 3.64 opt Ag. Sample 82BMM-1 assayed 0.08 opt Au. A 15 kg bulk sample of Minto dump material was collected for heap leach tests returned assays of 0.022 opt Au and 0.28 opt Ag. The material was 95% white to smokey quartz material containing <1% pyrite and arsenopyrite, with chlorite seams and minor carbonate (Schnieders and Dutka, 1985). Assessment file 52B14SW0052 mentions the finding of cobalt bloom on the property. Samples taken from the north vein in 1996 assayed up to 3.65 and 6.330 ppm Au (Assessment file 52B14SW0072).
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Unknown | .018 | oz/T | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .05 | oz/T |
Mono - Gold deposits of the Atikokan area
Publication Number: MDC024 Page: 21-22 Date: 1982
Author: Wilkinson S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Geology of the Sapawe Lake area, with notes on some iron and gold deposits of Rainy River District
Publication Number: ARV38-06.001 Page: 39-40 Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 350-353 Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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