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Record: MDI000000001300

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Patricia Mines Ltd. Shaft - 1910, Cole Property - 1964
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Oct-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: James

Latitude: 47° 41' 7.28"    Longitude: -80° 17' 28.12"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 553198.004   Northing: 5281573.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P09NW

Point Location Description: shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed south east from Elk Lake on the abandoned ONR line for 5.5km & park truck. Take bearing of south 55 degrees west, and proceed through bush for 670m.



Exploration History

1910?: Patricia Mines Ltd. - shaft sunk to 90 feet.


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Aplite Host
Diabase 2 Diabase Contains
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - A shaft was developed on the north side of a hill where there is a 12 inch aplite dike and an 8 inch calcite vein. The dike and associated vein, which strike west, extend eastward for approximately 200 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - Specimens taken from the mine dump contain calcite, chalcopyrite, specularite and cobalt bloom.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

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: 35  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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