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| Record Name(s) | Curry Mine - 1912, Agnico Mines Ltd. - 1957, Curry Claim H.R. 105 - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt
Township or Area: South Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 11' 20.99" Longitude: -79° 30' 17.22"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 613272 Northing: 5227270.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M04NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From North Cobalt, take highway 567 going south to Silver Center. After driving 28.5km, take the road to the west (right) and drive 2.2km.
1912: Pittsburgh Lorrain Syndicate - No. 1 Shaft sunk to 175’ at 45º, then 96’ at 85º. 1913-1918: No. 1 shaft sunk to 400’. Winze 500’ SE of No. 1 shaft on 175’ level at 80º with levels at 50º and 100 ft. No. 2 shaft – 900 ft. southwest of No. 1 shaft; was sunk 110 ft. and 500 ft. of drifting was carried out. Total drifting and cross-cutting is about 2500’. 1951: Keyload Cobalt Silver Mines Limited leased the Curry Property from Silanco Mining and Refining Company - No 1 shaft dewatered to 210’ level. 710’ of surface trenching was carried out and also several thousand feet of surface and underground diamond drilling. Surface work during the year consisted of 710 ft. of trenching and 2-DD-6021 ft. Underground work consisted of 15 feet of drifting on the 175-foot level on the 175-ft level of the Curry No. 1 shaft and 2-DD-983 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 12 | 31M04NE0031 | 31M04NE0031 |
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 | Contains |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Calcite | Adjacent |
Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - The claim is underlain by intermediate to mafic metavolcaanics. The upper diabase-metavolcanics contact was intersected in the underground workings. On the 4th or 175- foot level, a winze was started about 500 ft. southeast of the main shaft and was sunk for 115 ft. at 80º. Just above the winze, a body of high-grade ore was encountered. It is in the Keewatin series just above the Keewatin-diabase contact. Steeply dipping Keewatin volcanics are intruded by the wet-side of a domed Nipissing quartz diabase sheet up to 1000 ft. thick. Faults with their associated veins that cross the property include the reverse Wood’s Fault that strikes north with steep eastern dip and the Wettlaufer Fault that strikes southwest with a steep dip; these faults should intersect in the southwest corner of the property. Silver-cobalt production came from a length of 20 feet of the Wettlaufer Vein before it feathered out; from an ore shoot 60 ft. long and 85 ft. high above the winze in another vein, in Keewatin volcanics near diabase contact; and from elsewhere. Massive smaltite and silver occur in the calcite veins on the property
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Smaltite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 25, 2013 (A Wilson) - Silver-cobalt production came from a 20 ft length of the Wettlaufer Vein before it feathered out, from an ore shoot 60 ft long and 85 ft high above the winze in another vein, in mafic metavolcanics near the diabase contact. Massive smaltite and silver occur in the calcite veins on the property. Assays from the diamond drilling completed by Keylode Cobalt include 2.4% Co, with low silver values over 8 inches.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1938 | 79 |
Silver 49821 Ounces Cobalt 6236 Pounds |
MDC010, p. 422-423 | total production 1916-18, 30-31,38 - includes production from Wettlaufer for 1916-1917; total Co 7691 lb, total silver 49,821 ounces. |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1822, CO-1866
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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
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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 418-419, 422-423 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R083 Page: 31-33 Date: 1970
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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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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
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Part - Mining operations in 1951
Publication Number: ARV61-02 Page: 100 Date: 1997
Author: Reade M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology of the mine workings of Cobalt and South Lorrain silver areas
Publication Number: ARV31-02.001 Page: 228-229 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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