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| Record Name(s) | Prudential Mines Shaft - 1910, G.S. Welsh Property - 1964 |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Oct-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt
Township or Area: James
Latitude: 47° 44' 40.52" Longitude: -80° 19' 5.6"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 551108.003 Northing: 5288137.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P09NW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed northeast from Elk Lake on highway 560 towards Charlton for 643m to lot line between lots 4&5; proceed north for 805m; (one half mile) muck pile close to lot line and very evident.
circa 1910: Prudential Mines Ltd. - shaft sinking (to 30 feet). 1964: G.S. Welsh - property acquisition
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Aplite | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Contains | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Footwall |
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - Miller describes the presence of a 1 inch wide smaltite vein within aplite at the base of the shaft. MacKean observed a barren carbonate vein on the north side of the shaft and a series of carbonate-filled fractures located about 300 feet north of the shaft.
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - Miller noted that the smaltite carried variable percentages of silver, and that some ore had been bagged.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1273
Publication Number: Date:
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Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 356 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:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV22-01.003 Page: 124 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - The cobalt-nickel arsenides and silver deposits of Temiskaming (Cobalt and adjacent areas), chapters 1, 2 and 3
Publication Number: ARV19-02.001 Page: 161 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G., Burrows A.G., Hore R.E., DeLury J.S., Knight C.W., Stewart R.B., Collins W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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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