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| Record Name(s) | Friday Mines Ltd. Property - 1926, Gibson Mines Ltd. - 1960 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: South Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 7' 13.16" Longitude: -79° 36' 26.38"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 605640 Northing: 5219476 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M04SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive 12.5km north of Temagami. Take Rosevelt Rd on east side of highway 11. Cross railway line and drive 5.4km to skidoo/ATV trail at right side of road. Travel 5km taking left turn at intersection. Continue 2km to edge of Lorrain Lake. Travel by boat to small neck at eastern edge of lake. Portage over beaver dam. Continue by boat to southern end of eastern section of Lorrain Lake. Traverse by foot at 195 degrees ~300m to site.
11926-1949: Friday Mines Limited - trenching, pitting, 156 ft. deep shaft with 201 ft. drift and 54 ft. cross cutting on the 80 ft. level; DD-8-1600. 1997-98: K.H. Kreise – geochemical survey, line cutting, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.18718 | 31M04SE2003 | 31M04SE2003 |
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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| Quartz Arenite | 1 | Schistose | Adjacent | |
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Hanging Wall |
Mar 27, 2013 (A Wilson) - The Nipissing diabase strikes N35W and is 350 feet wide with a nearly vertical attitude to a depth of 800 feet. A calcite vein (10 inch wide) reportedly was exposed for a distance of 400 feet along strike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Erythrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Mar 27, 2013 (A Wilson) - An assay of 20 oz/t Ag was reportedly obtained from a vein on the property. Cobalt bloom and cobalt arsenides in vein material also have been observed on the shaft dump. A small amount of cobalt ore was reportedly obtained from the underground workings between 1928-29. A grab sample of vein material collected from the mine dump by R. Thomson returned only trace Ag.
| 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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| 1949 | 5 | CO-1831 | The grade of the ore was reportedly 22% Co. |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1831, CO-1834
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R083 Page: 85 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
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
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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1929
Publication Number: ARV39-01.003 Page: 152 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cleland R.H., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Webster A.R.
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
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
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Part - The Matabitchuan area (districts of Timiskaming and Nipissing)
Publication Number: ARV34-03 Date: 1998
Author: Todd E.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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