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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Golden Patricia Mine - 1988, Golden Patricia Vein - 9999, Golden Patricia Zone - 9999, Muskegsagagen Lake - 9999, New Jersey Zinc Showing No. 2 - 1961, Muskegsagagen Group - 9999, Muskeg Lake Property - 1988, Kawashe Lake 1e - 9999
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1988-Sep-28
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Kawashe Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 22' .55"    Longitude: -91° 8' 3.41"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 629876.721   Northing: 5692269.971    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 52O06SE

Point Location Description: Minesite

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The Golden Patricia mine is located about 64 km west-southwest of Pickle Lake and 2.1 km north of the west end of Muskegsagagen Lake. The Golden Patricia mine is serviced by an all-weather air strip and by a winter road from Pickle Lake.



Exploration History

1961: New Jersey Zinc Exploration (Canada) Ltd. dug several trenches on a gold-bearing qtz vein. 1963: N.J. Zinc drilled 5 diamond-drill holes, totalling 162.49 m, on the gold-bearing qtz vein as part of a 6 hole, 212.78 m program. 1984: St. Joe Canada Inc. commissioned an airborne mag survey over a large part of the Muskegsagagen Lake area. 1984: St. Joe staked claims to cover the N.J. Zinc showings. Performed ground mag and EM surveys and geological mapping and prospecting. 1985: St. Joe did a diamond-drill program which relocated the gold-bearing qtz vein. Six diamond-drill holes intersected the Golden Patricia Vein. 1986: St. Joe did a definition diamond-drill program which outlined a potentially mineable deposit. 1986: St. Joe commenced an underground exploration program on the deposit with the driving of 2 declines and the extraction of a bulk sample. Further airborne mag and EM surveys were commissioned to cover a much expanded claim group. Additional ground geophysical surveys were completed and several additional targets were tested by diamond-drill holes. 1987 (March): St. Joe Canada announced vein going into production. 1988: St. Joe taken over by Bond Gold Canada Ltd. Mine production started Sept. 1988. 1989: Lac MInerals acq. major interest in Bond Gold Cda. and took over operation of mine. 1990: Lac Minerals did a deep drill program on the deposit.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Meen-Dempster

Geological Age: Mesoarchean  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The Golden Patrica mine produces gold from a quartz vein in a shear zone which cuts through a mafic metavolcanic succession. The vein averages 40 cm thick and is remarkably continuous over a strike length of more than 3.3 km. The vein and shear zone strike roughly E and dip steeply N, more or less concordant with the regional stratigraphy. In addition to containing the Golden Patricia vein, the shear zone encompasses the remnants of feldspar porphyry intrusions on the footwall and hanging wall of the vein. These porphyries were mylonitized by the deformation. Originally, they were identified as felsic tuffs. The hanging wall is characterized by chlorite and biotite alteration which grades into the mafic metavolcanics. The footwall is characterized by silcification and sericitization and by a thin band of sulphidization (pyrrhotite) adjacent to the vein. The Golden Patricia vein is mineralized with fine-to-coarse visible gold which is commonly associated with pyrrhotite. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena are also observable in the vein. Generally, sulphides comprise less than 5% of the vein material. The quartz vein also contains tourmaline, carbonate, sericite, chlorite and rutile. The vein is not uniformly mineralized. Ore shoots defined by grade tend to rake about 70 degrees E. The Golden Patricia vein exhibits D2 foldiing along its length and is fractured and locally offset minor distances along the late D3 plane which strikes almost perpendicular to the vein.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Feldspar Porphyry 1 Near
Ironstone-unsubdivided 2 Near
Sandstone 3 Immature Clastic Sediments Near
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Shear Zone Host
Vein 5 Quartz Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Stott and Corfu (1991) suggest that the shear zone may be a splay of the Bear Head fault zone which is a boundary fault to the greenstone belt. The mafic metavolcanic succession which hosts the Golden Patrica vein and shear zone is comprised of tholeiitic flows with interflow beds of tuff, immature clastic sediments and iron formation. It is intruded by gabbroic intrusions, feldspar porphyry dykes and by late biotite-rich mafic dykes commonly identified as lamprophyres. The mafic metavolcanic succession is overturned.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2GalenaEconomicOre
3GoldEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicOre
5PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
6SphaleriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
QuartzAlterationSilicification1
UnspecifiedAlterationSericitization2
PyrrhotiteAlterationSulphidation3
ChloriteAlterationUnknown4
CarbonateAlterationUnknown5
BiotiteAlterationUnknown6

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The Golden Patricia Vein is accessed by 2 declines 1 km apart and a 1.5-compartment shaft. The vein is mined using conventional shrinkage stoping techniques. The ore is ground and milled using conventional technology and the gold is recovered using a combination gravity and Merrill Crowe cyanide leach process. Recovery averages 96%.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Lode (Gold)
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 3300 70
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1997 1216165 Gold 619796 Ounces
OFR 5970 Production ceased in March 1997 when all minable reserves were depleted. 619,796 ounces (17,571,216 grams) of gold were produced from 1,216,165 tonnes of milled ore.

References

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Muskegsagagen-Bancroft lakes area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: P3049 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1986

Author: Stott G.M., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 1997, Resident Geologists Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist's Report: Thunder Bay North-Sioux Lookout Districts

Publication Number: OFR5970 Date: 1998

Author: Mason J.K., Seim G.Wm., White G.D., Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Cat Lake-Pickle Lake, geological compilation series, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2218 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1976

Author: Sage R.P., Breaks F.W., Troup W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian geology, Muskegsagagen-Bancroft lakes area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)

Publication Number: M2507 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1986

Author: Stott G.M., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Mineral Occurrences of the Central and Eastern Uchi Domain

Publication Number: OFR6228 Page: 86  Date: 2009

Author: Puumala M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Sioux Lookout Resident Geologist area, Northwestern Region

Publication Number: MP134.003 Page: 46-71  Date: 1997

Author: Janes D.A., Redden J.W., Brown G.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Sioux Lookout Resident Geologist's area - 1987

Publication Number: MP138.003 Page: 61-71  Date: 1997

Author: Janes D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Sioux Lookout Resident Geologist's District - 1988

Publication Number: MP142.004 Page: 65-91  Date: 1997

Author: Janes D.A., Seim G.Wm., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Compend - Report of activities, 1990, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP152 Page: 67-105  Date: 1991

Author: Fenwick K.G., Newsome J.W., Pitts A.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Compend - Report of activities, 1991, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP158 Page: 59-86  Date: 1992

Author: Fenwick K.G., Newsome J.W., Pitts A.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Uchi subprovince

Publication Number: SV04-01.006 Page: 145-239  Date: 1997

Author: Stott G.M., Corfu F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Mineral Deposits of the Central Portion of Uchi Subprovince, Volume 1, Meen Lake to Kesagiminnis Lake Portion

Publication Number: OFR5869 Page: 171  Date: 1993

Author: Seim G.Wm.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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