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Record: MDI52F05NE00016

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Atikwa Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 27' 33.13"    Longitude: -93° 38' 55.99"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 452976.826   Northing: 5478707.53    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F05NE

Point Location Description: The Nina is situated at the portage between Tillie Lake and Empire Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Exploration History

The Nina Mine, or Scovil-Moore property, as it was originally called, lies near the north shore of Tillie Lake, on claims JES93 and JES110. Work was reported during 1899 (Bow 1900, p47). By July 1900, a shaft had been sunk to 123 feet (37m), 56 feet (17 m) of drifting had been completed, and an adit had been driven 70 feet (21 m) (Bow 1901, p.75). The option on the property, formerly held by Great Granite Gold Mining and Development Company of Ontario Limited, was taken over in 1900 by the Nina Gold Mining Company of Ontario Limited, and though mining equipment was purchased (Miller 1903, p.95), it had not been installed when operations were suspended in September 1903 (Carter 1904, p.64). There is no record of any gold production from the property.' (GR.111, Nina Prospect, pg.39)

Geology

Province: Superior

Geological Age: Precambrian  

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - 'The shaft, about 8 feet (25 m) square and inclined steeply to the north, was sunk on a quartz vein which, according to Burwash (1933, p.79) 'consists of several quartz stringers, the widest about 20 inches across and the whole about 4 feet'. The vein is slightly sinuous, but has an east-west trend, and lies within sheared, quartz-rich, biotite-muscovite granodiorite, close to the contact. The quartz vein contains ankerite, and minor pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Burwash (1933, p.79) reported bornite in a sample which contained 0.02 ounce of gold per ton. A poorly defined east-west lineament passes through the property close to the shaft location and is probably a broad shear zone (not shown on Map 2273, back pocket). Other quartz veins may be expected where the lineament passes through granodiorite.' (GR.111, Nina Prospect, pg.39)

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Feb 15, 2011 (J Bongfelt) - 'Burwash (1933, p.79) reported bornite in a sample which contained 0.02 ounce of gold per ton.' (GR.111, Nina Prospect, pg.39) 'A picked sample showed a somewhat coarsely granular quartz with muscovite, chalcopyrite, and bornite. It assayed only 40 cents in gold.' (Kenora Historical File 52F/05NE00016 - ODM, Vol.42, Prt. 4, pg.79, Burwash)

Mineral Record Details

References

Journal - Kenora Historical File 52F/05NE00016, NINA

Publication Number: N/A Date: 2011

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: KENORA GEOLOGY OFFICE ONLY

Part - Geology of the Kakagi Lake area

Publication Number: ARV42-04.002 Page: 78-79  Date: 1998

Author: Burwash E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Atikwa Lake area, District of Kenora

Publication Number: R111 Page: 39  Date: 1973

Author: Davies J.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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

Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 30  Date: 1976

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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