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| Record Name(s) | Van Houten - 1939 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Turtlepond Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 36' 2.19" Longitude: -92° 38' 53.36"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 525423.858 Northing: 5494285.337 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: South of Alston Lake, West of Moose Bay on Dinorvic Lake; about nine miles south of Wabigoon Township. (Kenora Historical File, F10SE00003, Van Houten)
1939: A 10 ton mill was installed by Van Houten Gold Syndicate. 1940: Three ounces of gold was reported by the Mint in Ottawa in April, 1940 (Satterly, 1940, p.47); (.02 oz/ton average from production). An open cut and eleven or twelve trenches, totalling about 500 feet in length were worked. Near the open cut twelve test pits, ranging in depth from 8 to 20 feet, were sunk. The pits extend over a total length of 450 feet. A small mill, capable of treating from 12 to 15 tons per day, was installed about three-quarters of a mile from the open-cut workings. On claim K.8638, about half a mile from the mill, there is a vertical shaft, 32 feet deep, which was sunk many years ago. This shaft was dewatered, re-timbered, and sampled by the present operators in 1940. ceased in the autumn of 1940 - work ceased in the autumn of 1940 during the war and there is no record the property was re-activated except for some base metal exploration done in the 1960s & 1970s. The mill was moved to the Sakoose Mine in 1944. (Kenora Historical File, F10SE00003, Van Houten)
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Precambrian
Mar 09, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - Intermediate to basic metavolcanics with interbedded agglomerates have been intruded by a granite stock and a diorite mass. Quartz veins up to 10 inches wide occur in the granite and are parallel to the shearing which is N30ºW and dip 75ºNE. Associated pyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite are mainly in the wallrock. (Kenora Historical File, F10SE00003, Van Houten)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | quartz | Host |
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| Granodiorite | 2 | Contains |
Mar 09, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - Quartz veins are hosted by a granodiorite sill. The wall rocks are variably pyritic, sericitized, and carbonatized, and at the Van Houten Prospect, they host accessory molybdenite and chalcopyrite. Airborne magnetic surveys flown in the vicinity of the Van Houten Prospect (Kasner, R.J., Assessment Files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kenora; OGS 1987), indicate the presence of a linear northeast-trending magnetic low extending through the area, as well as a weak, crosscutting, east-northeast-trending magnetic low. (Kenora Property Visit File, F10SE00003, Van Houten) The showings are confined to claim K.8635. Quartz veins, ranging from stringers to veins 10 inches wide, occur in the altered granite. In the main pit quartz veins from 8 to 10 inches wide occur parallel to the shearing, which is N.30°W., and dip 75°N.E. The quartz is persistent along the shearing in spite of its irregularity. In an open pit, two chains south of the main pit, there are joints at N.20°E with a steep dip west. Quartz stringers occur in these joint fractures, and there is also a set of east-west striking quartz veins, 2 inches or less in width, which dip flatly to the south. Native gold is reported to have been recovered from these stringers. Its distribution is very erratic. Associated minerals are an iron-bearing carbonate, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and molybdenite. The presence of sericite in the granite indicates strong hydrothermal action. The sulphides occur chiefly in the altered wall rock, but to some extent in the quartz veins. Pyrite cubes are reported to carry high gold values, but grab samples failed to show this on assay. (Van Houten Mine, 52F/10SE, ODM, Vol.50, Prt.2, P.47)
| 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 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 09, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - · Grab samples taken by Dr. R. Thomson, Dept. of Mines Geologist, in 1945 received the following assay results from samples taken from No.1 shaft: 0.09, 0.57 & 0.31 oz./ton Au. (Kenora AF 52F/10SE R-1, Van Houten Mine - Turtlepond Lake) · Grab samples taken by J.Parker, Resource Geologist, MNR, in 1986 received the following assay results from samples taken at the Van Hanten Mine and the trail leading to the area: 5110 ppb Au and 44.4 ppm Au (1.30 oz/ton). (Kenora Property Visit File, F10SE00003, Van Houten)
Part - Geology of the Dryden-Wabigoon area
Publication Number: ARV50-02 Page: 46-47 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 45 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 41 Date: 1976
Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Article - Kenora Resident Geologist's area, Northwestern Region
Publication Number: MP134.001 Page: 12-20 Date: 1997
Author: Blackburn C.E., Hailstone M.H., Parker J.R., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Kenora Assessment Report File 52F/10SE R-1, Van Houten Mine (1945)
Publication Number: Date: 2010
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora Geology Office & OntarioGeology
File - Kenora Property Visit File 52F10SE00003, Van Houten
Publication Number: Date: 2010
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora RGP office
File - Kenora Historical File F10SE00003, Van Houten
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kenora Geology Office only
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