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Record: MDI31L13NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rabbit Lake Occurrence - 1905, Claim J.S. 56 - 1925, J. Sutherland - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Sep-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-23
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Nickel, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Askin

Latitude: 46° 57' 22.07"    Longitude: -79° 40' 19.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 601044   Northing: 5201145    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31L13NE

Point Location Description: Triangle symbol Co, Ni West shore of Rabbit Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1955: J. Sutherland - DD-3-198 ft. 1957: F. Thompson - DD-3-86 ft. 2002: JML Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 2005: Tres-Or Resources Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-2852/2.23633 31M04SE2012 31M04SE2012

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Greywacke Contains
Conglomerate 2 Contains
Diabase 3 Diabase Sheared Contains
Vein 4 Quartz-Carbonate Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted within a fracture zone in diabase approximately 18 inches in width. The fracture is described as being at the contact between the mafic intrusive and the Gowganda Formation




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by A.G. Burrows returned an assay of 22.53% As, 8.76% Co, 6.56% Ni, $8.80/t Au and $1.10 Ag/t.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-0014, CO-0015

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological series, Tomiko area (west half), District of Nipissing

Publication Number: P0678 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Matabitchuan area, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM34B Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Todd E.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - The Matabitchuan area (districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing)

Publication Number: ARV34-03 Date: 1998

Author: Todd E.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 43  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 27  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Cobalt-Temagami Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3581 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2006

Author: Ayer J.A., Chartrand J.E., Grabowski G.P.B., Josey S.D., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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: 129  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

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