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MDI52N02SE00002
| Record Name(s) | Uchi (Hanalda) - 1985, Hanalda - 1985, Kenelda - 1985, Uchi No. 3 Shaft - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-31 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Earngey
Latitude: 51° 5' 2.08" Longitude: -92° 35' 37.63"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 528452.37 Northing: 5659234.72 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52N02SE
Point Location Description: Approx 50m west of road on claim 5020 on No. 7 zone
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: No. 3 shaft situated on KRL5020 approximately 3,500 feet north of shaft No. 1 Uchi Mine.
1937: Woco Gold Developments - conducted stripping, trenching, and diamond drilling. 1937-38: Kenelda Gold Mines Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp. conducted surface development including diamond drilling. 1939-40: Hanalda Gold Mines Ltd. sank a vertical shaft 322 ft with levels at 150 and 300 feet. Drifting totalled 247 feet and crosscutting 326 feet. 9 DDH were drilled underground for a total of 944 ft. 1940-41: Uchi Gold Mines Ltd. conducted lateral work totalling about 1400 feet of drifting and 500 feet of crosscutting.1966: Salem Exploration - conducted an airborne magnetic survey. 1969: Little Long Lac - flew airborne electromagnetic, magnetic and gamma-ray spectrometer. 1973: Selco Exploration - ground magnetic survey, vertical and horizontal loop EM. 1980: St. Joseph Explorations - conducted magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey. 1 DDH totalling 88 m. 1987: Lac Minerals - conducted a humus geochemical survey, prospecting, overburden drilling, geological mapping, magnetic, EM, IP and DD. 1988: Silverside Resources - Flew airborne magnetic and EM. 1990: Lac Minerals - geological mapping and sampling. 1993-94: drilling. 2006: E-Energy Ventures Inc. acquired the property. All production included in MDI52N02SE00007.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.2704 | 52N02SE9904 | 52N02SE9904 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Birch-Uchi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 |
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| Magnetite Ironstone | 1 | Chert-Magnetite-Iron | ||
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | |||
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quatz-Feldspar | ||
| Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Biotite | Alteration | Biotitic | 1 | Unknown | Veins |
Mar 18, 2014 (Syed Ali) - MILCAP: ORE MILLED AT UCHI MINE SITE SMDR # 01567, GRADE - DDH: NO.7 ZONE: 240 FT SECTION AVE. 0.32 OPT/5FT AND 150 FT SECTION @ 0.33 OPT/3 FT, PROD. 1939-43 UCHI,HANALDA,GRASETT,JALDA: 114,467 OZ AU, 14,345 OZ AG FROM 757,074 TONS ORE @ 0.15 OPT AU AVERAGE. No.7 zone - 0.66 oz/t Au across 4.6 ft., 0.31 oz/t Au across 20 ft. 0.29 oz/t Au across 4 ft. Two grab samples taken from the No.9 zone assayed 0.02 oz/t Au and 147 ppb Au respectfully. A grab sample taken from No. 15 zone assayed 0.08 oz/t Au.
Mar 29, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - The No. 7 zone, on which No. 3 shaft is situated, consists of auriferous silicified and carbonatized, altered diorite associated with pyrite and quartz stringers. Shallow drilling indicated a 240-foot section averaging approximately 0.32 ounces of gold per ton over a width of 5 feet and another section 150 feet long averaging approximately 0.33 ounces of gold per ton over a width of 3 feet (MDC013).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Lode (Gold) |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1943 | 686802 |
Silver 14345 Ounces Gold 114467 Ounces |
MDC013, p. 219 | Produced from 1939-43 a total of 757,074 tons milled, 114,467 oz Au and 14,345 oz Ag |
Map - Earngey and Birkett townships, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2428 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1980
Author: Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology and gold deposits of the Uchi-Slate lakes area
Publication Number: ARV48-08.001 Page: 80 Date: 1997
Author: Bateman J.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology and gold deposits of the Uchi-Slate lakes area
Publication Number: ARV48-08.001 Page: 39 Date: 1997
Author: Bateman J.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1947
Publication Number: ARV57-02 Page: 36 Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Volcanic studies in the Birch-Uchi lakes area of Ontario
Publication Number: MP006 Page: 72-73 Date: 1967
Author: Goodwin A.M.
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: 217, 219 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Earngey-Costello area, District of Kenora, Patricia Portion
Publication Number: R234 Page: 95, 97-98 Date: 1985
Author: Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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