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MDI31M05NE00019
| Record Name(s) | Curry - 1986, Pittsonto - 1986, Part of Harrison-Hibbert - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Nov-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jun-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver, Uranium
Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Bucke, Bucke
Latitude: 47° 24' 39.13" Longitude: -79° 37' 19.34"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 603953.683 Northing: 5251744.504 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NE
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: SE1/4 S1/2 LOT 13 CONC: I
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Prior to 1910: Exploration by Canuck Silver Mines (trenching and pitting). 1948: Pittsonto Mining Co. drilled 10 diamond drill holes. 1951: Electromagnetic survey conducted. 1952: Harrison-Hibbert Mines extended underground workings south from the Ruby Claim with some crosscutting, drifting for the extension of Harrison-Hibbert veins.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.4443 | 31M05NE0026 | 31M05NE0026 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite, quartz-calcite | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Contains | ||
| Conglomerate | 3 | Contains | ||
| Wacke | 4 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 1 | Chlorite | Alteration |
Jun 25, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Uranium (up to 4 pounds U30a per ton) occurs in a fault breccia in association with carbonate veins. (MDC025 p. 135).
Map - Cobalt silver area, northern sheet, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2050 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 302-303, 308 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 135 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Underground workings in southeastern part of Bucke Township and profile across Lake Timiskaming fault zone, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: P0067A Scale: 1:4,800 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on Bucke Township, District of Timiskaming, description of mining properties
Publication Number: PR1960-02 Page: 60-62 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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