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Record: MDI31M04NE00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Tallen Claim HR106 - 1915, H.G. Miller Property - 1949, J.J. Gray Property - 1967
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Aug-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt

Secondary Commodities: Lead



Location

Township or Area: South Lorrain

Latitude: 47° 11' 9.82"    Longitude: -79° 30' 10.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 613426.62   Northing: 5226927.87    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1910: Burrows reported a 5 by 7 shaft has been sunk 50 feet on a calcite vein carrying smaltite. 1916: Tallen Mining Company Ltd. – 2 compartment shaft; shaft sinking to 200 ft.,120 ft. of underground development. 1949: H.G. Miller – DD-4.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
12 31M04NE0031 31M04NE0031

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Calcite Contains
Diabase 2 Diabase Contains
Mafic pillowed flow 3 Pillowed Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicOre
2SmaltiteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - At the shaft, a calcite vein in Nipissing diabase contains smaltite. In Keewatin volcanics, diamond drill holes cut pyrite and galena.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein (Cobalt-Type)
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-1934

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Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R083 Page: 52, 54  Date: 1970

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:


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:


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

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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:


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

Location:


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