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| Record Name(s) | Bullion No. 2 - 1898 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Glass
Latitude: 49° 35' 15.76" Longitude: -94° 56' 53.7"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 359188.6 Northing: 5494615.29 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E10SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1898: property held by Bullion Mining Company of Ontario Ltd., who sunk two shafts to depths of 23 and 24 m. 1900: operation ceased in June. The No. 1 shaft reached a depth of 35 m with 90 m of development. No assessment report were found on file.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Diorite | 2 | |||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Jan 15, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Medium- to fine-grained mafic rocks of metavolcanic or subvolcanic origin occupy most of D233, the contact of the Canoe Lake quartz diorite approximately coinciding with the north and east boundaries of the location. Near the contact some mixing of the mafic rocks with the quartz diorite is evident and felsic veining occurs. Some shearing was noted. A fine-grained granodiorite dike striking about north-northwest occurs in the east half of D233 (Davies, 1978).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Jan 15, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Bow (1900, p. 57) states: "There art three veins which exhibit distinct evidence of faulting, and are to a certain extent contact veins; two form a junction. All three are small but distinct. Felsite is associated with there to a certain extent". Three shafts have been sunk on the veins. While it is difficult to relate the 1968 field observations to the early reports it would appear that the westernmost is the No. 1 shaft and the easternmost the No. 2 shaft, with the third shaft, in the granodiorite dike, about 125 feet (38 m) east-northeast of the No. 1 shaft and 400 feet (120 m) west-southwest of the No. 2 shaft. All shafts are inclined. The No. 1 shaft is reported to be 115 feet (35 m) deep with about 300 feet (90 m) of drifting and crosscutting on the 70 foot (21 m) level, and the No. 2 shaft is reported to be "in the same condition" (Bow, 1901, p.79). The No. 3 shaft was 30 feet (9 it) deep in June 1900, Information on mineralization is meagre. Parsons (1911, p. 165) mentions "considerable molybdenite and a little free gold" occur in a pit on the property. Analyses of samples taken by Davies and Smith (1988) returned values of 65, 110, 1570 and 120 ppb gold, and samples of sheared granodiorite with a thin quartz veinlet and minor quartz contained 151, 194 and 190 ppb gold. Samples of sheared granodiorite from the No. 2 shaft contained 24 ppb and 13 ppb gold. A grab sample taken near the shaft contained 100 ppb gold, while samples of sheared granodiorite containing fine pyrite, pyrrhotite and magnetite, taken further on the dump, assayed 332, 592 and 618 ppb gold. A chip sample of basalt and granodiorite from the No. 3 shaft contained 16 ppb gold, and a sample of fresh granodiorite from the same locality contained <2 ppb gold (Davies and Smith, 1988).
Map - North Shoal Lake area (east sheet), District of Kenora
Publication Number: P0528 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of the Shoal Lake-Western Peninsula area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: OFR5242 Scale: Date: 1978
Author: Davies J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Gold fields of Lake of the Woods, Manitou and Dryden
Publication Number: ARV20-01.006 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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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
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Part - Mines of northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV09.003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Bow J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Mines of northwest Ontario, parts 1 and 2
Publication Number: ARV10.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Bow J.A., Carter W.E.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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