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MDI52E16SW00003
| Record Name(s) | Champion Mine - 1898, Bad - 1927, Franklin - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1980-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Haycock
Latitude: 49° 45' 58.03" Longitude: -94° 19' 19.14"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 404799.87 Northing: 5513465.902 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E16SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1898-1936: Shaft sunk to 230 feet with 822 feet of lateral development. Some drilling.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Vein | 3 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 209 |
Silver 15 Ounces Gold 107 Ounces |
231+ tons milled |
Part - Geology of the north central part of the Lake of the Woods
Publication Number: ARV45-03.001 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
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:
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:
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:
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