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| Record Name(s) | WKT Cobalt Occurrence - 1910 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jun-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Lead
Township or Area: Best
Latitude: 47° 10' 13.32" Longitude: -79° 42' .9"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 598499 Northing: 5224916 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M04NE
Point Location Description: Trench
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1910: Unknown company -pitting <10 ft. deep; trenching; 1965: WKT Mining and Exploration Co. - prospecting and exploration The pits are numerous, and in places deep, trenches in the vicinity showed that at that time the surface had been carefully prospected. Koza McLean – 1954 DD-9; 1487.2 ft. 1972 Columbiere Mines Ltd. – DD-4-C. Mortimer 1970 – pitting, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited - trenching, DD-6-440 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.39110 | 20000003232 | 20000003232 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Aplite | Intrudes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 1 | Nipissing Diabase | ||
| Vein | 3 | Carbonate | Intrudes |
Nov 02, 2017 (A Wilson) - WKT Cobalt Occurrence, Best Township The WKT cobalt occurrence is in Best township south of the southeast end of Rib Lake. The occurrence consists of a vein, less than one inch wide, striking N70°W., and dipping 78°N. that intersects Nipissing diabase. In the vein galena and pyrite are present in carbonate gangue; in the wall rock at the margin of the vein is disseminated cobalt arsenide. A pink aplite dike up to 5 inches wide is near the vein. At the time of the writer's visit exploration of the vein was only started; a preliminary sample showed silver present to less than an ounce per ton.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 02, 2017 (A Wilson) - The WKT Cobalt occurrence is in Best township south of the southeast end of Rib Lake. The occurrence consists of a vein, less than one inch wide, striking N70°W., and dipping 78°N., that intersects Nipissing diabase. In the vein, galena and pyrite are present in carbonate gangue; in the wall rock at the margin of the vein is disseminated cobalt arsenide. A pink aplite dike up to 5 inches wide is near the vein. At the time of the writer's visit (1965) exploration of the vein was only started; a preliminary sample showed silver present to less than an ounce per ton. A pit less than 10 feet deep and trenches had been put down on the vein many years previously. In 1965 prospecting and exploration were being done by the WKT Mining and Exploration Co. Presumably the vein had been discovered about 1910; the claim on which it occurred then was designated HR.1446. The numerous, and in places deep, trenches in the vicinity showed that at that time the surface had been carefully prospected.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1910 | 1 | MDI |
File - Resident Geologist file CO-0147
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Haileybury sheet, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0321 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R., Savage W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology adjacent to Highway 11 in Best Township and the south part of Gillies Limit Township, districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing
Publication Number: OFR5016 Page: 71-72 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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