Ontario Mineral Inventory

Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52C15SE00002

Record: MDI52C15SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Olive - 1897
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1986-Sep-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-14
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Little Turtle Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 46' 11.6"    Longitude: -92° 43' 20.68"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 520397   Northing: 5401913    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52C15SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1897: 235 foot inclined shaft with 3 levels. Dewatered and sampled in 1935-37 and 1942.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.3668 52C15SE0424 52C15SE0424



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Host
Arenite 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 18, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - 2 ft wide east-trending quartz vein in metasediments (MDC016 p. 31)




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10GoldEconomicOre
15PyriteEconomicOre
20PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1942 6582 Silver 343 Ounces
Gold 3572 Ounces
1897-1900, 1937, 1941-42: 3,572 oz. Au, 343 oz. Ag, from 7,255 tons

References

Book - George Cross Newsletter 87-05-25

Publication Number: G Cross News Page: Date: 1987

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 84-01-19, P A3

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 84-02-09, P A9

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 84-03-01, p. B15

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 84-06-21, P A3

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 84-12-06

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 85-07-19

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 86-04-01, P 18

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 86-06-02, P 13

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 86-06-13

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 87-01-26

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 87-05-18, P 6

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


Book - Northern Miner, 87-06-29, P 21

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 259  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River

Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 31  Date: 1976

Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Feasibility of small scale gold mining in northwestern Ontario (parts of the districts of Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay), volume 1, text, volume 2, appendices

Publication Number: OFR5332 Page: 49-50  Date: 1981

Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - 1981 report of the Thunder Bay Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP101.004 Page: 57  Date: 1997

Author: McIlwaine W.H., Fenwick K.G., Scott J.F., Mason J.K., Schnieders B.R., Kristjansson F.J., Speed A.A., Bourdages H.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Compend - Report of activities, Regional and Resident Geologists, 1982

Publication Number: MP107 Page: 73-75  Date: 1983

Author: Kustra C.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Compend - Report of activities, 1984, Regional and Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP122 Page: 21  Date: 1985

Author: Kustra C.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 363-367  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP128 Page: 19  Date: 1986

Author: Kustra C.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Report an Error

We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.


Terms of Use

Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.


Ministry Contact Information

For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Kenora Resident Geologist District Office