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Record: MDI52N04SW00036

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver

Location

Township or Area: Heyson

Latitude: 51° 1' 2.3"    Longitude: -93° 49' 24.63"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 442236.606   Northing: 5652071.989    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 52N04SW

Point Location Description: Shaft symbol claim K1365 on map 2125

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: At intersection of Highway 105 and Hammell Road.

Exploration History

The central claims were staked by Lorne Howey in the summer of 1925 for the Howey Red Lake Syndicate. In September of that year, J. E. Hammel purchased half the units of the syndicate. Later in that year, Dome Mines optioned the property. Dome Mines Ltd. drilled 18 surface holes during 1925 and 1926, then dropped the property. In the meantime, Howey Gold Mines was incorporated in 1926 to acquire the ground. In 1927, a shaft was sunk to a depth of 160 m, and was later deepened to 462 m. A winze extends from 305 m to 615 m. Fourteen levels were developed in the mine. The mill was operated from 1930 until 1941. Originally, capacity was 500 tons/day, but this was increased to 900 tons/day in 1932 and 1250 tons/day in 1933. On November 3, 1941 the shaft pillar began to cave, and the mine was abandoned 4 days later. The company became Howey Consolidated Mines Ltd. in 1959. In 1963, Teck Corporation purchased the company.

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Red Lake

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - Four rock types are present in the vicinity of the mine. Coarse clastic sedimentary rocks of volcanic origin occur in a tongue, 450 m wide which extends northeast into the Howey Diorite. They are comprised of rounded to angular fragments of intermediate volcanic rocks and rounded clasts of granitoid rocks set in a fine grained chloritic groundmass. The Howey diorite is an irregular, elongate intrusive stock, which extends eastward from the Howey property. It is a medium to coarse grained, grey-green, massive rock made up of principally andesine-labradorite and hornblende. The quartz porphyry dyke which hosts the ore zones, ranges from light buff-grey to dark grey in colour. Altered phases of the porphyry, which are generally lighter in colour, are associated with the quartz veins and stringers. This dike strikes N65 deg. E and dips 80 deg. to 85 deg. SE. It ranges in width from about 18 m to more than 180 m over a distance of about 915 m. Basic dikes in the area are medium to fine grained and are believed to have been originally dioritic. They have been sheared and highly altered. Gold mineralization occurs in quartz veins arranged along a N 80 deg. E shear direction at an angle of 15 deg. with the walls of the porphyry dike. A complementary direction of shearing which strikes at N20 deg. E and a tensional direction, at S 40 deg. E, are also the direction of occasional gold bearing quartz stringers.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The ore bodies comprised sections of the quartz porphyry dike containing gold-bearing quartz veins and stringers. They are confined to the narrower sections of the dike and had a total length 354 m and a depth of 379 m. The quartz veins are discontinuous and are seldom more than 30 cm in width. They are generally confined to the tensional or complementary shearing directions. A 600 gamma airborne magnetic high occurs to the south of the mine, and probably represents the Howey diorite.

Alteration Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The normal grey quartz porphyry has been altered to a buff waxy colour due to the devlopement of sericite. Alteration is most intense along the contacts of the quartz veins. Silicification is common along the margins of many of the veins. Fine grained, tourmaline bearing quartz stringers have been observed. The basic dikes show a little carbonatization where cut by the quartz veins.

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files AF RL 1988 Heyson #98

Publication Number: AF RL 1988 Date: 1988

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Red Lake RGP

Part - Geology of the basin of Red Lake, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: ARV36-03.001 Page: 56-65  Date: 1998

Author: Bruce E.L., Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Gold deposits in the vicinity of Red Lake

Publication Number: ARV44-06.001 Page: 26-32  Date: 1997

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area

Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 138-146  Date: 1998

Author: Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the northern part of Heyson Township, District of Kenora

Publication Number: R056 Page: 47-50  Date: 1968

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 224-225  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 occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2

Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 487-489  Date: 1987

Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Heyson Township, northern part, Kenora District

Publication Number: M2125 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1968

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry for 1957

Publication Number: ARV67-01.001 Page: insert face page 10  Date: 1997

Author: Kelly T.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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