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| Record Name(s) | Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. Group 3 - 1928, Benner Property - 1963, J. Gore Property - 1980, Claim H.S. 42 - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt, Copper
Township or Area: South Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 11' 43.38" Longitude: -79° 27' 31.33"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 616749 Northing: 5228029 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M03NW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From North Cobalt, take the road south (hwy 567) going to Silver Centre. After driving 31.8km turn to the left and drive to the end of the road. There is a trail starting at the swamp. Traverse along trail. Site is on south side of trail.
1910: Forneri Mining Company – shafts sunk 75’, 73’ and 200’ with 300 ft. of drifts at that level. 1964: Mining Corp of Canada 1964 Ltd. –diamond drill holes through 900 ft. of volcanics to diabase.1990-91:J.A. Gore – DD-1-230 ft.; assays; prospecting, sampling, trenching, DD-2-757 ft. 1992-93: J. Gore: prospecting report, VLF-EM survey. 2003: J. Gore – brushing, prospecting, washing, assaying. 1992: A Chitaroni - airborne geophysics, prospecting, sampling, DD-5. 2003: J.A. Gore - prospecting, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| CO-1805 | 31M03NW0001 | 31M03NW0001 |
| CO-1812/ OPAP 92-664 / 2.15651 | 31M03NW0027 | 31M03NW0027 |
| CO-1812 / 2.14818 | 31M03NW9740 | 31M03NW9740 |
| CO-1838 / OP-91-113 | 31M03NW0023 | 31M03NW0023 |
| CO-2911 /2.26573 | 31M03NW2017 | 31M03NW2017 |
| 37 | 31M03NW0001 | 31M03NW0001 |
| 2.13712 | 31M03NW0003 | 31M03NW0003 |
| 2.15549 | 31M03NW0029 | 31M03NW0029 |
| 63.5700 | 31M03NW0004 | 31M03NW0004 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Conglomerate | 1 | Brecciated | Host |
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| Quartz Arenite | 2 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 3 | Calcite, Quartz | Host | |
| Claystone | 3 | Footwall | ||
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 5 | Intrudes |
Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - Narrow veins of calcite occupy multiple shear zones within mafic to intermediate metavolcanics. The metavolcanics are described as slightly carbonatized and chloritized. The shear zones and veins range from 0.5 to 1.5 ft. in width. Veins occur in Gowganda conglomerate and quartzite above Keewatin volcanics, beneath which Nipissing diabase sheet dips west. Veins strike N-S and E-W
| 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from a trench by J. Gore in 1992 assayed 3582 ppm Cu, 629 ppm Co and trace Ag. Additional grab samples from the property returned values up to 0.905% Cu, 0.166% Co and 0.003% Ni. Sampling from carbonate veins in a stripped area returned assays ranging from 1.70% Cu; 0.017% Zn; 0.021% Cu. Veins in the No. 1 and No. 2 shafts are copper-cobalt bearing. These veins are unusual for the township in that they are in Coleman Formation rocks, approximately 100 ft. thick and separated from the underlying diabase by about 900 to 1,000 feet of metavolcanics. More recent work in 1963-64 by the present owners consisted of geological mapping and the drilling of numerous holes. Copper assays ranged from 0.635% to 0.645%. Zinc assays reached as high as 0.130% and cobalt assayed as high as 1.582% Co.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - South Lorrain Township, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2194 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - South Lorrain Township (north part), District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0289 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 418-419, 439 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R083 Page: 65 Date: 1970
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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 - Mines of Ontario in 1928
Publication Number: ARV38-01.003 Page: 172-176 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cleland R.H., Keeley E.C., Jarrett G.S., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1929
Publication Number: ARV39-01.003 Page: 156 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cleland R.H., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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