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| Record Name(s) | Baden Powell Mine - 1900 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Jul-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Buchan Bay Area
Latitude: 49° 40' 9.37" Longitude: -93° 14' 49.11"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 482178.807 Northing: 5501888.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F11NE
Point Location Description: Located on mining location P.M. 168 in the middle of South Twin Island on Eagle Lake
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible by boat.
1900: Stripping and test pitting conducted. 1902: Thirty tons of ore tested at the Eldorado Mill and a shaft was planned to be sunk on an open cut. 1903: Property acquired by the Northern Light Mines Company. 83 tons of ore milled at the Eldorado Mill. Main open cut was lengthened to 50 ft. and deepened to 35 ft. A shaft was sunk to a depth of 50 ft. approx. 61m southwest of the open cut. 1904: A shaft sunk for 100 ft. on the open cut and a level was made at 60 ft. with 67 ft. of drifting. Thirty tons of ore were milled. 1905: Headframe destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The shaft was deepened to 140 ft. where a second level was established. The drift on the first level was extended to 112 ft. 20 tons of ore were milled. 1906: Operations ceased during this year. Total production is recorded as 288 ounces of gold from 163 tons of. 1985: Property acquired by Mr. B. Smith and Mr. J. Owen. 1986: Mr. Owen and Mr. Smith dewatered the main shaft to the first level, examined the drift, and conducted some preliminary grab sampling.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Precambrian
Nov 02, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The mine is situated within granitic rocks of the Atikwa Batholith, south and west of its contact with felsic metavolcanic rocks of the Lower Wabigoon Volcanics. (OFR 5723, pg. 169)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Host |
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Nov 23, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The Baden-Powell Mine consists of two shafts, approximately 61 m apart, with shallow trenches north of the most northerly shaft. The geology of the property consists of a medium- to coarse-grained, massive, buff gray, granitic rock containing large [lcm], rounded, dark green clots of carbonate and chloritized biotite. The host rock is carbonatized (calcite), chloritized, and weakly to moderately sericitized. Pieces of feldspar porphyry were found in the waste dumps beside the shafts and consist of irregular white feldspar phenocrysts in an aphanitic, dark gray, chloritic matrix. A narrow, linear, shear zone striking 150º/90º extends through the granite and hosts a milk white quartz vein (0.45m-1.5m wide) containing clots and stringers of chlorite, pink hematite staining, rusty gossan staining and minor (1%), finely disseminated pyrite along the edges of the vein. There is very poor exposure around the shafts due to thick overburden cover, therefore, the surrounding geology could not be observed. (OFR 5723, pg. 169)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 23, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - Occurrence status: 'A grab sample, taken by the author, from the quartz vein at the edge of the most southerly shaft assayed < 2 ppb gold. Two out of four grab samples taken from the underground workings on the first level by Mr. B. Smith, present owner of the property, assayed 0.40 and 0.42 ounce gold per ton while the other samples assayed 0.02 ounce gold per ton and trace.' (Mineral Deposit Files, Resident Geologist's Office, Kenora). (OFR 5723, pg. 169) Prospect status: 'Explored surface & U/G; produced 288 oz Au (1902-05)' (OFR 5332, P.42) 1902 - 3.00 Au oz/ton (30 tons ore milled) 1903 - 2.01 Au oz/ton (83 tons ore milled) 1904 - 0.67 Au oz/ton (30 tons ore milled) 1905 - 0.55 Au oz/ton (20 tons ore milled) (Kenora Property/Historical Files 52F/11NE00007, Baden Powell)
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1906 | 148 |
Gold 288 Ounces |
Total production is recorded as 288 ounces of gold from 163 tons of ore with an average grade of 1.77 ounces gold per ton. |
File - Resident Geologist files 52F/10NW, V-6, Nabish Lake 1962-63
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Location: Kenora RGP office
File - Kenora Property Visit File 52F/11NE 00007, Baden Powell 1985 (Report - 1987)
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Kenora RGP office
Part - Mines of western Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-01.005 Page: 65 Date: 1998
Author: Carter W.E.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Geology of the Eagle Lake area
Publication Number: ARV48-04 Page: 23 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
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: 178-79 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Mono - Gold deposits of the Kenora-Fort Frances area, districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC016 Page: 7 Date: 1976
Author: Beard R.C., Garratt G.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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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: 23-24,28-30 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: 169-170 Date: 1989
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Journal - Kenora Historical File 52F/11NE 00007, Baden Powell
Publication Number: Date: 2010
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Location: Kenora RGP office
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