Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Manasseh Silver-Cobalt Deposit - 1910, Pine Lake-Lorrain Mines Ltd. - 1925, R.D. Negus- Manasseh Silver-Cobalt Deposit - 1930, Manasseh Silver-Cobalt Mines Ltd. - 1951 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Prospect |
Date Created | 1980-Aug-28 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver
Township or Area: Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 15' 44.91" Longitude: -79° 37' 23.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 604157 Northing: 5235252 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Data Compilation
1925-27: Pine Lake-Lorrain Mines Limited carried out surface trenching, shaft sunk to 400m. 1930: shaft sunk to 168 ft. depth; sunk on silver-cobalt veins. 1951: renamed Manasseh Silver-Cobalt Mines Ltd. 1966: JJ. Quinland completed 5 diamond drill holes totaling 154 m. 1969: Ciglan Investments Ltd. carried out 15 diamond holes totaling 2,232 ft.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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CO-1402 / 33 | 31M05SE0017 | 31M05SE0017 |
CO-1402 / W6908-00219 | 31M05NE5231 | 31M05NE5231 |
CO-1402 / 19 | 31M05SE9710 | 31M05SE9710 |
CO-1402 / 18 | 31M05SE9711 | 31M05SE9711 |
CO-1402 / 17 | 31M05SE9775 | 31M05SE9775 |
CO-1402 / W6908-00220 | 31M05NE5169 | 31M05NE5169 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diabase | 1 | Quartz Diabase | Near |
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Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host | |
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Jan 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - The silver-cobalt vein is near the contact between nipissing quartz diabase and mafic metavolcanics.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Jan 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - At the shaft, the quartz-carbonate vein carried silver to a depth of 8 m (26 ft.). Several bags of high-grade ore were picked.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Vein |
Map - Geological series, Lorrain Township, southern part, concessions 1 to 6, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P1559 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1978
Author: Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Lorrain Township, southern part, concessions 1 to 6, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: MP051 Scale: Date: 1976
Author: Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the geology of the north part of Lorrain Township (concessions 7 to 12), District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: PR1960-01 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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