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| Record Name(s) | Golden Horn - 1901, Rush Bay Mine - 1901 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1980-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Glass
Latitude: 49° 39' 30.51" Longitude: -94° 54' 30.77"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 362257.65 Northing: 5502408.3 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E10NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Circa 1897-1901: unknown persons sunk shafts and pits. 1901-06: Rush Bay Golden Horn Mining Co. Ltd. acquired the property. Previous working were abandoned. Two shafts were sunk 25.6 m apart. No. 1 (main) shaft was sunk 77 m, inclined 81 degrees N. No. 2 shaft was 34.4 m deep and connected with the first level of the main shaft. A two-stamp mill was installed during 1905. 1935: optioned to Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd., which dewatered and sampled the shaft. 1987: Voyageur Explorations carried out prospecting, sampling, and mag, VLF and HLEM surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.11750 | 52E10NW9494 | 52E10NW9494 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
May 14, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Two shafts were sunk on an east-striking, north-dipping quartz vein, which has a maximum thickness of about 1 m. Thomson (1936) noted that "the main vein would average less than a foot in width over the whole of the underground workings. On the 30.5 m (100 foot) level, the vein is about 58 m (190 feet) in length. The wall rock is silicified rhyolite with disseminated pyrite. There are two distinct types of quartz, a blue and a white variety, the latter being by far the more common. The blue quartz generally occurs near the outer margin of the vein. The vein has a banded appearance in places due to the presence of narrow seams of schist. Sulphide mineralization is scanty and consists largely of pyrite. Some of the blue quartz on the dump contains traces of galena and sphalerite. Sampling of underground workings indicated that the gold values were closely associated with the sulphides in the main vein. It is reported that the wall rock and parallel quartz stringers do not carry gold values." Bruce (1925) stated: "Some of the quartz on the dump is pure white and some has a bluish shade. Samples of both kinds were assayed with the following result: white quartz, SI.60 (0.08 oz. Au) per ton; blue quartz, 55.80 (0.29 oz. Au) per ton." Grab samples collected in 1988 by Voyageur Exploration Ltd. returned 44, 164, 344, 573, and 608 ppb Au (Assessment report 52E10NW9494).
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 91 |
Gold 5 Ounces |
OFR5695 p. 149 | 100 tons milled for 5 oz Au |
| 1906 | 227 |
Gold 45 Ounces |
OFR5695 p. 149 | 250 tons milled for 45 oz Au |
| 1904 | 240 |
Gold 63 Ounces |
OFR5695 p. 149 | 265 tons milled for 63 oz Au |
Mono - The geological setting of gold occurrences in the Lake of the Woods area
Publication Number: OFR5695 Scale: Date: 1988
Author: Davies J.C., Smith P.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC016 Scale: Date: 1976
Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Gold deposits on Shoal Lake (west)
Publication Number: ARV45-03.002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of High Lake-Rush Bay area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R041 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C.
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 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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