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| Record Name(s) | Hermann and Larson - 1900, Redeemer Mine - 1905 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-Aug-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Van Horne
Latitude: 49° 42' 59.27" Longitude: -92° 52' 9.82"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 509415.002 Northing: 5507115.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible by a narrow gravel road which branches south from the Wabigoon Lake Road. The gravel road terminates at a beaver dam where it is overgrown. The road continues for about 240 m from the dam to the Redeemer Mine shaft.
Originally owned by A.B. Hermann of Chicago and G. Larson of Dryden. (Original property consisted of the southwest 40 acres of Lot 6, Conc. 1). 1900: Optioned to the Redeemer Gold Mining and Milling Company of Windsor, ON and managed by G. Larson. 1901: A 6 ft. by 9 ft. vertical shaft was sunk to a depth of 66 ft. on a 8 ft. wide vein at surface (widening to 10.5 ft. at the bottom of the shaft). 1903: Shaft was deepened to 130 ft. with a pump level cut at 60 ft. Timbering was completed to 60 ft. Surface stripping of the vein was conducted for about 500 ft. 1904: A 10-stamp mill, thawing house and tram-way were erected. The shaft was sunk to 235 ft. with no lateral work. 300 tons were mined of which 100 tons were milled with gold production valued at S2,400. 1905: 100 ft. of drifting was completed on the first level with 350 tons of ore being mined and milled. The gold production was valued at $1,750. 1906: 400 .ft. of crosscutting on the second level had been completed to reach a second vein. 50 ft. of drifting was done on the "old" vein. 550 tons were milled producing $2,790 worth of gold. Timbering of the shaft from the first to the second level was required. 1907: Some drifting but the mine was relatively idle. 1911: The mine was pumped out for re-examination. 1918: 200 tons of ore was mined and 8 ounces of gold produced. 1919, 1922: The mine was dewatered and re-sampled by the Contact Bay Mining Company. 1926: Acquired by Bonanza United Mines Limited. 1947: Acquired by C. Ettles and Baden R. Smith. Stripping and trenching done. Ettles and Smith attempted to option the property to Sylvanite Gold Mines Limited. 1980-1981: Van Horne Gold Exploration Inc. conducted geophysical surveys and drilled 11 holes targeted on the Redeemer Vein. 1983: Van Horne Gold Exploration Inc. conducted geological mapping and sampling. (OFR 5723 - 1987 - p.281-82)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Ken AF 52F10NW, NN-2, Van Horne Gold Inc., 2.6680 | 52F10SW0014 | 52F10SW0014 |
| 63.3941 | 52F10SW0023 | 52F10SW0023 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Jun 14, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The Redeemer Mine is underlain by intermediate autoclastic flows and pyroclastics north of the shaft, and dominantly intermediate to mafic tuff, lapilli-tuff, and tuff-breccia intercalated with massive, mafic, amygdaloidal flows east, west, and south of the shaft. Thin units of intermediate to felsic interflow tuffs are situated east of the shaft. Bedding strikes 075º/78º N with tops to the north based on graded beds and scour channels. Bedded tuffs striking 102º overlying mafic flows with flow banding also striking 102º occur south of the shaft at the edge of the rock dump. (OFR 5723 - 1989 - pg.281)
Jun 14, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The shaft has been sunk on a 3.0 m wide shear zone striking 106 º -110º /85º N and hosting a 2.5 m wide stockwork of quartz-iron carbonate-tourmaline veins and stringers containing ?1% disseminated pyrite. The host rock is a massive, dark green, mafic metavolcanic rock. Locally the rock is intensely sheared, chloritized, and carbonatized. Rocks in the general vicinity of the shaft appear relatively unaltered. Alteration is strictly confined to the wall rocks at the shaft. A 15.0 cm wide, aphanitic, olive green-gray, siliceous, and rusty felsite dike parallels the quartz vein stockwork on the south side of the shaft. The dike is fractured and hosts some narrow veins. (OFR 5723 - 1989 - pg.281)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Jun 14, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - 1905: Production record - 0.29 oz/ton Au (350 ore milled tons) 1918: Production record - 0.04 oz/ton Au (200 ore milled tons) · Average grade of ore milled was 0.20 ounces of gold per ton. (Kenora Historical File 52F/10NW00012, Redeemer) 1981: Grab samples - 4.54 & 5.47 Au oz/ton (MNR Geoservices Lab Report) (Kenora Property Visit File 52F/10NW00012, Hermann and Larson ) 1983: Grab samples - 0.07 oz. Au/Ton (tailings dump - pale-buff grey, fine sand/silt) (Kenora AF 52F/10NW, NN-2, Van Horne Gold Exploration Inc. - Assay results 1983) 1984: Grab samples - 0.02 & 0.28 Au oz/ton - taken from ore dump around mouth of shaft (MNR Geoservices Lab Report - J. Parker) (Kenora AF 52F/10NW, NN-2, Van Horne Gold Exploration Inc. - Assay results 1983) 1987: Grab samples taken by the author (J.R. Parker) from pyritic quartz vein material on the dump assayed 0.02 and 0.28 ounce gold per ton, while a grab sample of the felsic dike assayed 8 ppb gold. (OFR 5723 - 1989 - pg.281)
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 181 |
Gold 8 Ounces |
200 tons @ 0.04 oz/t Au | |
| 1905 | 317 |
Gold 87 Ounces |
300 tons @ 0.29 oz/t Au |
Part - The mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV11.016 Page: 244-245 Date: 1998
Author: Carter W.E.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Dryden gold area
Publication Number: ARV26.005 Page: 181-182 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Contact Bay (Bonanza and Redeemer) gold mines, District of Kenora, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM34H Scale: 1:2,400 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Gold deposits of Kenora and Rainy River districts
Publication Number: ARV34-06.001 Page: 39-41 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Dryden-Wabigoon area
Publication Number: ARV50-02 Page: 48-49 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
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: 157 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: 34 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: 42 Date: 1981
Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 30-33,36,38-41 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Kenora Property Visit File 52F/10NW00012, Hermann and Larson
Publication Number: Date: 2010
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora RGP office
Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987
Publication Number: OFR5723 Page: 281-282 Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Kenora Historical File 52F/10NW00012, Redeemer
Publication Number: Date: 2010
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora Geology Office Only
File - Resident Geologist files, Kenora AF 52F/10NW, Z-1, Redeemer Mine
Publication Number: Date: 2010
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora Geology Office Only
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