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Record Name(s) | Forneri Claim, HS-42 - 1909, Mining Corporation of Canada - 1922, Macfie Option - 1967 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1982-Aug-23 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: South Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 12' 20" Longitude: -79° 30' 23.26"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 613110 Northing: 5229089.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M04NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Cobalt, take highway 567 south to Silver Centre. Continue 28.5km taking road on right. The site is 1.4km on right near the road.
1910: Forneri Claim HS42- shaft sunk to a depth of 75 ft. 1922: Mining Corporation of Canada- shaft sunk to 200 ft. and 300 ft. of drifting had been done on the bottom level; another shaft was sunk to 73 ft. on a Cobalt on a cobalt vein with low silver values.1929-30: Mining Corporation of Canada - 2 compartment shaft sunk; drifting, cross-cutting, and diamond drilling. 1951-52: Macfie Exploration - DD-2; assays. 1963-1967: Mining Corporation of Canada - geological mapping, DD-10-900ft. 1963-1964: Mining Corporation of Canada - geological mapping, DD-10-900ft. 1994: Cobatec Ltd. - evaluation of waste piles, excavation of waste piles.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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19 | 31M04NE0040 | 31M04NE0040 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite | Host |
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Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Hypersthene | Footwall | |
Sandstone | 2 | Greywacke | Contains |
Aug 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - Quartzite and conglomerate from the Coleman Gruup are overlain by argillite from the Firstbrook Group. Mafic metavolcanic rocks outcrop in the southern part of the claim group. The No 1 shaft vein strikes a little east of north and the No 2 shaft veins strike easterly. Vein widths up to 14 inches are reported to have occurred in the shaft.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - Veins in the No 1 and 2 shafts are copper-cobalt bearing. This vein strikes just east of north and may be a northerly extension of the Wood’s Vein. Shaft No 2 vein has a westerly trend. A grab sample collected by Haileybury Silver Mines Limited from a 4 ft long and 7” wide calcite vein assayed 18.25% Co, 4.55% Ni and 1.1 oz/t Ag
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1830, CO-1851
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R083 Page: 63-64 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, 439 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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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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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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 - South Lorrain Silver Area
Publication Number: ARV18-02.002 Page: 30 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1924
Publication Number: ARV34-01.003 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1925
Publication Number: ARV35-01.004 Page: 157 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Sinclair D.G., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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: 157 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
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