Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | German Development Company Shaft - 1906 |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Oct-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt
Township or Area: James
Latitude: 47° 43' 59.7" Longitude: -80° 21' 54.18"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 547608.002 Northing: 5286848.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P09NW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed west from Elk Lake on Shiningtree road 3.2km; turn right on old bush road, proceed in 3km; park vehicle and continue for 200m (keeping to right); shaft is located 20m south.
1906: German Development Company Limited - shaft sinking to 30 ft. 1956: Lenwood Mining Company - mapping
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63A.316 | 41P09NW8490 | 41P09NW8490 |
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 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - Native silver and smaltite occur in an 18-inch wide calcite vein.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
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: 27 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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