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| Record Name(s) | League - 1904 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Aug-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Van Horne
Latitude: 49° 43' 18.33" Longitude: -92° 51' 54.01"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 509730.488 Northing: 5507703.954 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NW
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The League Prospect is accessible from an overgrown bush road which extends east from the gravel road along which the Bonanza Mine is located. The gravel road branches south from the Wabigoon Lake Road. The overgrown bush road branches east where the gravel road terminates at a small beaver dam. Follow the bush road about 730 m and then walk 60 m west from the road to the No.l shaft at the Lost Mine. Walk another 215 m due west to the No.2 shaft at the Lost Mine. Proceed due north for 300 m to the No.2 shaft at the League Prospect. The No.! shaft is 244 m east-southeast of the No.2 shaft. (OFR5723, p.226)
1904: Gold Coin Mining Company sunk shaft #1 to 55 ft. on a east-trending quartz vein containing "copper and iron pyrites." The vein was reported to be 5 ft. wide. 1910: Shareholders Protective League Limited took over the property. The shaft was deepened to 80 ft. while a second shaft was sunk to 35 ft. 1911: A shaft was variably reported to be 80 ft. deep and 70 ft. deep in the same O.B.M. Report. An experimental mill was erected. 1912: A drift was started at the 72 ft. level in the 80 ft. shaft. 1914: Two shafts sunk to a depth of 80 ft. with a third shaft sunk to 20 ft. The third shaft is reported to be located in lot 5, Concession I, Van Horne Township, near the shore of Larson Bay but was not located. 1980: Acquired by H. Hodge. 1981-1983: Van Horne Gold Exploration Incorporated conducted geological mapping, geophysical surveys, and sampling on the property. 1987: Held by H. Hodge.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6680 | 52F10SW0014 | 52F10SW0014 |
| 63.3941 | 52F10SW0023 | 52F10SW0023 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The League Prospect is situated within intermediate to felsic metavolcanic flows and pyroclastics, intercalated with mafic flows and pyroclastics of the Lower Wabigoon Volcanics. The metavolcanics are intruded by numerous felsic dikes. Felsic metavolcanic rocks in the vicinity of the shaft are weakly to moderately sericitized and carbonatized. (OFR5723, p.226)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Rich Granitoid | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains |
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The geology at the two shafts consists of intermediate to felsic brecciated flows hosting an east-trending (095º/80º N), 5 m wide shear zone and quartz-tourmaline-iron carbonate veins and stringers containing <1% finely disseminated pyrite. The sheared wall rocks are sericitized, chloritic, pyritic (1%) and weakly carbonatized. Thomson (1917) recognized chalcopyrite and green mica in the rocks on the dump. A felsite dike probably hosts the quartz veins at the No. 2 shaft since pieces of fine-grained, massive, pink, siliceous and magnetite-bearing felsite were found in the dump beside the shaft. Shaft No.2 is 244 m west-northwest of the No.l shaft, but a third shaft situated near Larson Bay could not be located. (OFR5723, p.226)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Jun 25, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - OGS sampling in the 1980's obtained values ranging up to 1960 ppb Au. The area was mapped by VHX in 1983 and 10 samples were taken from in and around the two shafts. The highest grade obtained was 0.06 oz/t Au. (Kenora AF 52F/10NW, BBB-1, 2007 Compilation Report, pg.35) Two grab samples of quartz vein material, taken by J.R. Parker, from the dump at shaft No. 2 assayed 85 ppb gold and 370 ppb gold, while a grab sample of the felsite assayed 8 ppb gold. A grab sample of the quartz vein at the No. l shaft assayed 1960 ppb gold. (OFR5723, p.226)
Part - Dryden gold area
Publication Number: ARV26.005 Page: 181-182 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Dryden-Wabigoon area
Publication Number: ARV50-02 Page: 51 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: 239 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: 24 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
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Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 30-33,35,38-41 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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: 226-227 Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Journal - Kenora Assessment File 52F/10NW, BBB-1, 2007 Compilation Report - Van Horne Area, pg.35
Publication Number: Date: 2010
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Location: Kenora Geology Office Only
Journal - Kenora Historical File 52F/10NW00112, League
Publication Number: Date: 2010
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Location: Kenora Geology Office Only
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