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| Record Name(s) | Kenricia - 1936, Three Ladies Mine - 1889 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1983-Feb-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver
Township or Area: Clearwater Bay Area
Latitude: 49° 43' 1.6" Longitude: -94° 40' 5.26"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 379753 Northing: 5508514 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E10NE
Point Location Description: AMIS site location
Location Method: Data Compilation
1889-90: O. Dunais sunk 3 small shafts (30, 48, and 57 feet deep) on the Three Ladies Mine. 1935: J. Errington and C.W. Greenland optioned the property. 1935-36: trenching and diamond drilling. 1936: Kenricia Gold Mines was incorporated to finance underground development. A three compartment vertical shaft was sunk to a depth of 210 feet with a station cut at the 200 foot level. Operations continued until December 3, 1937, when they were shut down. At that time, the shaft was 383 feet deep with stations at the 200 and 350 foot levels. 1938: 100 tpd cyanide mill. 1939: underground operations resumed. 1940: shaft to 162 m. Underground development totalled 5736.5 feet of diamond drilling, 5373 feet of drifting, and 1444 feet of cross-cutting. Milling operations continued until May 31, 1940. 1974: Aumac Explorations Ltd. acquired the property. and carried out magnetometer and EM surveys. 1983: Atikwa Resources Inc. carried out geological mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.3319 | 52E10NE8986 | 52E10NE8986 |
| 2.6754 | 52E10NE8994 | 52E10NE8994 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic Agglomerate | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | quartz | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | |||
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 |
Nov 28, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - The country rock on the property is largely agglomerate. An occasional basaltic lava flow is interbanded with it. The agglomerate has undergone a moderate amount of schisting and is intruded by massive quartz porphyry dykes. In places, the porphyry contains quartz veinlets and some pyrite mineralization. There are 4 gold-bearing quartz veins on the property, all striking in a general east-west direction (Thomson, 1936).
| 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 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Altaite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 28, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - In 1935-36, major emphasis was placed on vein no. 3 which was said to be 750 feet in length, 27-30 inches in width, and averaging $25 per ton (0.71 oz/t Au). Field observations in 1983 by Atikwa Resources staff observed that all veins were found to consist of sugary quartz with black tourmaline. Some mineralization in the form of pyrite and chalcopyrite were observed in the quartz (Assessment report 52E10NE8994). There are three generations of quartz in the veins. Gold values are associated with the second stage of veining, with quartz, tourmaline, and associated sulphides (Thomson, 1936).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenricia | 1981 | Unclassified | 48263 | OFR5332 | 53,201 tons at 0.362 opt Au. | Gold 0.362 oz/T |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 21994 |
Silver 521 Ounces Gold 2553 Ounces |
Produced 2.553 oz Au and 521 oz Ag from 24,244 tons |
Part - Geology of the north central part of the Lake of the Woods
Publication Number: ARV45-03.001 Page: 31-36 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on volcanism and mineralization in the Lake of the Woods-Manitou Lake-Wabigoon region of northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: PR1965-02 Page: 42 Date: 1998
Author: Goodwin A.M.
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: 182-83 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: 23 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: A-7 Date: 1981
Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - The geological setting of gold occurrences in the Lake of the Woods area
Publication Number: OFR5695 Page: 191-194 Date: 1988
Author: Davies J.C., Smith P.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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