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| Record Name(s) | Marvel Silver Mines Ltd. Shaft - 1908, Claim MR30804 - 1964, G.S. Welsh Property - 1964, W.F.M. Plotke Property - 1908 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Oct-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt
Township or Area: James
Latitude: 47° 44' 25.18" Longitude: -80° 18' 47.31"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 551492.997 Northing: 5287667.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P09NW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed north east from Elk Lake on highway 560 (Charlton road) for 2.6km; turn left into driveway and park truck; walk due north to concession line and proceed east to site.
1908: Marvel Silver Mines. Ltd. - stripping, shaft to 100 feet, pitting. 1952-53: Marvel Silver Mines Ltd. - prospecting
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Contains | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Footwall |
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - The original Plotke property consisted of three veins. The No. 1 vein was 8 inches wide and was stripped over a length of 350 feet. The No. 2 vein was 4 to 10 inches wide and was stripped for over 250 feet. The No. 3 vein lies at the east end of the property. A northwest trending shear zone also was mapped in the vicinity of the property. Several aplite dikes also were exposed in the vicinity of the shaft.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Bornite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - Samples from the No. 1 vein reportedly assayed 800-2600 oz/t Ag. W. McLaughlin from Marvel Mines Ltd. (1952) collected a small sample that assayed 6000 oz/t Ag. He also reported that 4 bags of high-grade ore were recovered from the waste dump of the No. 1 shaft in the early 1950's.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 2 | Vein |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1259
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 357 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Elk Lake area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R062 Page: 39 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Mickle and James townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2151 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - James Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0239 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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