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| Record Name(s) | Golden Park - 1906 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Van Horne
Latitude: 49° 43' 49.32" Longitude: -92° 51' 40.13"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 510006.745 Northing: 5508661.559 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NW
Point Location Description: The shaft at the Golden Park Occurrence Is located on Lot 5, Concession II, Van Horne Township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The shaft is accessible from Coombs Road, which branches south from the Wabigoon Lake Road, and terminates on the north shore of Larson Bay of Wabigoon Lake. The shaft is approximately 120 m due west of a small clearing, at the end of Coombs Road, and is also about 150 m due north of the extreme west end of Larson Bay. (OFR5723, pg.209)
Two shafts were sunk on the Golden Park mine property in 1907 but there was no activity when the site was visited in 1907 by Ontario Bureau of Mine geologists. The shafts were developed to 37 and 40 ft on a 6 ft wide quartz vein. (Kenora AF 52F/10NW, BBB-1, 2007 Compilation Report, pg. 36) 1906: The Golden Park Mining Company sunk two shafts on lots 5 and 6, Concession II, Van Horne Township. The western shaft was reported to be 40 ft. deep and the eastern shaft was reported to be 37 ft. deep. 1980: Staked by Frank Rodgers. 1986: Staked by A. Glatz. (OFR5723, pg.209)
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The Golden Park Occurrence is underlain by intermediate to mafic pyroclastics and flows of the Lower Wabigoon Volcanics. (OFR5723, pg.209)
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The shafts were developed to 37 and 40 ft on a 6 ft wide quartz vein with pyrite, siderite, chalcopyrite, malachite, and azurite with localized chlorite and ankerite alteration within the host east-west trending shear zone. The showing may be on the same fault structure that hosts the Vanlas deposit, it is directly north of a large east-west trending swamp-filled topographic low that extends from Wabigoon Lake west through McLeod Creek. It is also approximately 140m west of residential development on the west shore of Wabigoon Lake. The target, limited assay results, and association with adjacent topographic features and potentially a fault system extending to the Vanlas deposit suggests the exploration potential remains untested. (Kenora AF 52F/10NW, BBB-1, 2007 Compilation Report, pg. 36) The occurrence consists of a small shaft sunk on a narrow, east-trending shear zone in intermediate to mafic tuffs and flows. It is difficult to observe geological relationships due to poor exposure in the vicinity of the shaft. The shear zone hosts a quartz vein which is approximately 0.3 m wide, and consists of white-gray quartz containing disseminated pyrite, clots and stringers of chalcopyrite, malachite, dark green, chlorite, and fragments of altered wall rock. The wall rocks next to the vein are fissile, chloritic, and carbonatized, but the alteration appears to be confined to the shear zone. (OFR5723, pg.209)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Azurite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - OGS sampling in the 1980's obtained a value of 3050 ppb Au from a composite of quartz vein material. No other work has been reported on the showing. (Kenora AF 52F/10NW, BBB-1, 2007 Compilation Report, pg. 36) A composite grab sample, taken by J.R. Parker, from quartz vein material containing 3% sulphides, consisting of pyrite and chalcopyrite, assayed 3050 ppb gold. A chip sample across the vein assayed 37 ppb gold. Although it has been reported that two shafts occur at the Golden Park Occurrence, the author was only able to locate one of them. (OFR5723, pg.209)
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV16-01.003 Page: 59 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Gold fields of Lake of the Woods, Manitou and Dryden
Publication Number: ARV20-01.006 Page: 191 Date: 1998
Author: Parsons A.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Mono - Geology, gold mineralization and property visits in the area investigated by the Dryden-Ignace economic geologist, 1984-1987
Publication Number: OFR5723 Page: 209 Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Journal - Kenora Assessment File 52F/10NW, BBB-1, 2007 Compilation Report - Van Horne Area, pg.36
Publication Number: Date: 2010
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Location: Kenora Geology Office Only
Journal - Kenora Property Visit File 52F/10NW00031, Golden Park
Publication Number: Date: 2010
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Location: Kenora RGP office
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