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Record: MDI52G03SW00051

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Golden Winner - 1899, Duluth Mining - 1901
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Norway Lake Area

Latitude: 49° 0' 16.03"    Longitude: -91° 22' 11.83"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 619213   Northing: 5429231    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52B14NW, 52G03SW

Point Location Description: Trenching, small shaft location from AMIS

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access is via the Premier Lake Road, approx. 38km north of Sapawe Junction on Highway 11.



Exploration History

1899: The Golden Winner Mining Company of Ontario Ltd. conducted trenching and stripping. The sinking of a shaft was also initiated. 1900: Shaft sunk to 19 m with a level at 19 m with a 4.5 m crosscut, 13 m and 11.5 m of drifting was carried out. A 5-stamp mill was erected; the mine ceased operation in October. 1976: Area mapped by K. G. Fenwick for the Ontario Department of Mines. 1983: Atikokan Museum removed mining and milling equipment for a museum display. 1986: Golden Winner Resources Ltd. conducted line cutting, ground magnetic and EM surveys, prospecting, and drilled 9 DDH totalling 450.2 m. 1987: Golden Winner Resources Ltd. carried out stripping and drilled 3 DDH totalling 316.7 m. 1988: Golden Winner drilled 6 DDH totalling 1893 m. 2007-08: Brett Resources Inc. carried out line cutting, mapping, and sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
14 52G03SW0013 52G03SW0013
13 52G03SW0021 52G03SW0021
63.4767 52B14NW0063 52B14NW0063
63.5081 52G03SW0010 52G03SW0010
63.5367 52G03SW9223 52G03SW9223
2.44214 20000004565 20000004565

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Host
Tonalite 2 Trondhjemite Host
Vein 3 Quartz Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 4 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Feb 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - The main host rock of the mineralization is leucocratic trondhjemite which cuts the gneisses of the Marmion Lake Batholith. The trondhjemite is extensively altered to epidote and sericite, with considerable carbonate locally. A northeast-trending lineament transects the mine area and extends south to the Hammond Reef and Sawbill mines. The sheared zone contained by the lineament consists of a chlorite-carbonate schist that strikes N25E and dips east at 45 degrees (Wilkinson, 1982).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2AnkeriteEconomicGangue
3ChloriteEconomicGangue
CarbonateAlterationCarbonization1UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Feb 15, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - The quartz vein contained within the shear zone averages 1.5 m in width and crops out for approximately 100 m along strike. Ankerite, pyrite, and chlorite are contained in the quartz vein in trace to accessory amounts (Wilkinson, 1982). Golden Winner Resources collected samples that assayed up to 1.03 gpt Au (0.03 oz/ton Au) in a 5 m wide shear zone that consisted of quartz carbonate with strongly sheared, carbonatized mafic material, in a host rock of fine-grained felsics. They also assayed some crushed rock residue from the vicinity of the shaft. The residue was carbonate rich, contained about 10% pyrite, and assayed 6.17 g/t Au (0.18 oz/ton Au). Results of the 1986 drill program returned gold values up to 3.77 g/t Au over 0.91 m (0.11 oz/t Au over 3 feet) and silver values of 21.94 g/t Au over 0.91 m (0.64 oz/ton over 3 feet) (Assessment file 52B14NW0063).



Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1900 14 Gold 4 Ounces
Fenwick, 1976; Wilkinson, 1982 Average grade of 0.29 oz/t

References

File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP


Mono - Gold deposits of the Atikokan area

Publication Number: MDC024 Page: 26-28  Date: 1982

Author: Wilkinson S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Finlayson Lake area, District of Rainy River

Publication Number: R145 Page: 46-47  Date: 1976

Author: Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey

Publication Number: OFR5539 Page: 222-223  Date: 1985

Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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: 58  Date: 1981

Author: Neilson J.N., Bray R.C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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