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| Record Name(s) | Nancy Helen Mines Ltd. - 1906, Nancy Helen - 1906, Buffalo Mines Ltd. - 1912, Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. - 1914, Silanco Mining and Refining Co. Ltd. - 1946, City Shaft - 1968, Agnico Mines Ltd. - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Coleman
Latitude: 47° 23' 40.08" Longitude: -79° 41' 25.56"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 598824.65 Northing: 5249832.52 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NE
Point Location Description: Junction of 3 veins.
Location Method: Data Compilation
1906-16: Nancy Helen Mines Limited – acquired mining rights to lot 6 concession 6; 3 carloads of ore from shaft. shaft sunk to 190 ft. with 3 levels.; the 100 ft. level of the Buffalo shaft No. 5 third level workings; prospecting and development carried on to 1912. 1912: Buffalo Mines Ltd. – property sold. 1914-1916: Mining Corporation of Canada – exploration and mining. Mining Corporation stopped all work in the Cobalt Camp in 1932. 1946.Silanco Mining and Refining Company Ltd. – surface, drilling program.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Silver-Cobalt | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Calcite | Intrudes | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Footwall |
Aug 02, 2017 (A Wilson) - Low dipping Cobalt Series sediments unconformably over-lie the steeply west-southwest striking Keewatin volcanics. The unconformity strikes north-northeast and dips subhorizontally eastward. Two northwest striking and on northeast striking veins occur. Silver production was restricted to those parts of the of veins which traverse Cobalt sediments particularly near their contact with the Keewatin volcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
| 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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| 1911 | 374 |
Silver 2854366 |
MDC 010, p.156-157 | total silver production (1907-1911) 91,770 ounces |
File - Resident Geologist file CO-0719
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Geology of the mine workings of Cobalt and South Lorrain silver areas
Publication Number: ARV31-02.001 Page: 26 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-86, 156-157 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Preliminary report on part of Coleman Township, concession 6, lots 1 to 6, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: PR1961-03 Page: 169-170 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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
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