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| Record Name(s) | Bulldog Shaft - 1914, Price-Bradley Group - 1968, Argentia Ridge Project - 2006 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: South Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 10' 16.98" Longitude: -79° 28' 14.4"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 615895 Northing: 5225344 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M03NW
Point Location Description: Bulldog Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From North Cobalt, highway 567 south past Silver Centre. Drive 36.3km taking bush road to the west. Road goes to a powerline. Traverse to north west a further 400m to the site.
1969: Price-Bradley - DD-2-1819 ft. 1992: A Chitaroni - airborne geophysics, prospecting, sampling, DD-5. 2006-2007: Adroit Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics, sampling, prospecting, ground geophysics, trenching, stripping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.30116 | 20000000503 | 20000000503 |
| 2.29257 | 20000000430 | 20000000430 |
| 2.36132 | 20000002444 | 20000002444 |
| 2.36184 | 20000002465 | 20000002465 |
| CO-1812/ OPAP 92-664 / 2.15651 | 31M03NW0027 | 31M03NW0027 |
| CO-1812 / 2.14818 | 31M03NW9740 | 31M03NW9740 |
| CO-1916 | 31M03NW0015 | 31M03NW0015 |
| CO-3271 / 2.36132 | 20000002444 | 20000002444 |
| CO-3270 / 2.36107 | 20000002725 | 20000002725 |
| CO-3495 /2.43098 | 20000000190 | 20000000190 |
| CO-3247 / 2.36184 | 20000002465 | 20000002465 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basaltic | Host |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
| Conglomerate | 3 | Adjacent | ||
| Vein | 4 | Calcite | Contains |
Mar 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as being hosted by felsic metavolcanics and mafic metavolcanics that are locally intrusive in nature. To the north and south, the metavolcanics are overlain by conglomerates of the Coleman Formation. The Bulldog Fault strikes northwest across the property.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - Assays from the 1969 diamond drilling returned values up to 1.1 oz/t Au over 2 inches and 2 oz/t Ag over 4 inches in a calcite vein in metavolcanics.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1916
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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:
MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R083 Page: 73 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
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:
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: 143 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:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV24-01.003 Page: 130 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the mine workings of Cobalt and South Lorrain silver areas
Publication Number: ARV31-02.001 Page: 235-236 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV25-01.003 Page: 126 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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