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| Record Name(s) | Bailey Cobalt Mines Ltd. - 1906, Bailey Silver Mines Ltd. - 1920, New Bailey Mines Ltd. - 1951, North American Rare Metals Ltd. - 1967, Glen Lake Silver Mines Ltd. - 1960, Sulpetro Minerals Ltd. - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Oct-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Coleman, Coleman
Latitude: 47° 22' 31.07" Longitude: -79° 40' 13.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 600378 Northing: 5247728 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NE
Point Location Description: Bailey Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1906-1952: Bailey shaft sunk 293 ft. with 5 levels; adit driven into hillside on claim No. 104; workings include 2130 ft. of drifting and 2340 ft. of cross – cutting. 1962-68: No 1 winze collared at 283’ depth was sunk 169 ft. with levels at 341 ft., and 441’. 1976: driving a drift from the Bailey mine workings on the 5th level towards the Foster claim to the east; exploratory diamond drilling carried out on 4th and 5th levels. 1977:Canadaka Mines Ltd. – mining and development on the 4th and 5th levels; ore also mined from Conisil and Cleopatra mines; new mill erected.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Host |
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| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Host | ||
| Vein | 4 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains |
Jul 31, 2017 (A Wilson) - 300 ft to 800 ft. of Nipissing diabase overlies about 200 ft. of flat lying Cobalt Series sediments unconformably above steeply dipping Keewatin volcanics. The ore-bearing veins mostly occur in the sediments within a north-west trending paleovalley; but ore is also present in the diabase and rich shoots have been found in the underlying volcanics. The veins occur in two sets striking N to NW and E to NE.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 31, 2017 (A Wilson) - Big Pete Vein: horizontal length over 700 ft. and vertical depth over 230 ft. No. 3 Vein; horizontal length over 210 ft.; width 2 to 2 inches. Grade (1912-1914) 54 oz./t silver 1962-68: Two major veins; the N-S 406 vein, and the E-W 404 vein. An oreshoot has also been discovered in Keewatin volcanics. Grade of ore mined is about 60-70 oz./t Ag. High grade silver has been developed on the 4th, 6th and 7th level
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1966 | 67766 |
Silver 2799872 Ounces Cobalt 75701 Pounds |
MDC010 p.160-161 | |
| 1936 | 14577 |
Silver 331480 Ounces Cobalt 1079 Pounds |
MDC010 p.160-161 |
Book - CIM 1967, CIM Centennial Field Excursion, Northwest Quebec and Northern Ontario p. 151-152
Publication Number: CIM Date: 1967
Author: G.J. Ninacs
Publisher Name: CIM
Location: Kirkland Lake RGO
File - Resident Geologist file CO-0669
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Cobalt silver area, southeastern sheet, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2052 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Article - 1976 report of the Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP071.006 Page: 82 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L., Ploeger F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - 1977 report of Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP078.006 Page: 67 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L., Ploeger F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - 1978 report of Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP084.006 Page: 69 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L., Ploeger F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1979
Publication Number: MP091 Page: 78 Date: 1980
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-85, 160-161 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on parts of Coleman Township, concession 4, lots 1 to 5, and Gillies Limit, the eastern "A" claims, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: PR1961-06 Page: 79-83 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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