Identifier: annualreport192000onta (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Mines
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Toronto
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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)pears to occupy joint planes iu the rocks.An example of this variety may be seen on Wawagoshe lake near the southeastl)ay (in the shore. The vein is six inches wide and strikes uortlieast witli a verticaldi))-. a shot has 1)een put in l)y prospectors. A third type of vein in the Ben Xevis area appears to occupy tor.sion cracks.These veins are short, and do not seem to have economic i)Ossibilities unless theyare found in great numl)er and close together. They are usually not longer thansix feet and fiom one to four or five inches wide. Xoiu of them were found tocontain aj)precial)le quantities of iron pyrites or other sulphides. Examples ofthe torsion crack tyjie of quartz vein may be seen along the shores at the southeiul of Howard lake in Arnnld township. -■> >r. ). ITT. 28 Department of Mines No. 4
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^^ G G o r^/ & nBay I 1 1 I l__L 100 Key map of part of Ontario showing- West Shiningtree as relatedto other mineral areas of northern Ontario. The broken linesrepresent wagon roads. 1920 West Shiningtree Gold Area 29 WEST SHININGTREE GOLD AREABy Percy E. Hopkins Introduction A preliniinai)- examination of the geological and economic features of theWest Shiningtree Gold Area was made by the writer during four weeks in Septem-ber, 1919. Unfortunateh, during that short period the weather was very wet;jievertheless, practically all the known gold deposits were visited. Accompanyingthe report is a coloured geological map on a scale of 40 chains, or one-half mile, tothe inch, which may be of value to those who may prospect or visit thearea or engage in development work. This map is produced largely from mapNo. 153A, accompanying Memoir Xo. 9c, by W. H. Collins of the GeologicalSurvey of Canada, and also from E. B. Stewarts map in the Twenty-second Reportof the Ontario Bureau of Mines.^

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