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| Record Name(s) | City of Cobalt Mining Co. Ltd. - 1906, Mining Corporation of Canada - 1914, Agnico Mines Ltd. - 1968 |
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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-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver
Township or Area: Coleman
Latitude: 47° 23' 32.93" Longitude: -79° 41' 25.3"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 598834 Northing: 5249612 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NE
Point Location Description: City Shaft.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1906-1914: City of Cobalt Mining Company, Limited – prospecting, development and mining. 1914: Mining Corporation of Canada: property acquired
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 | Contains |
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Jul 26, 2017 (A Wilson) - At the City Shaft the Cobalt Series sediments are about 196 feet thick; this thickness is made up of the following members: conglomerate; slate (bedded greywacke) and conglomerate. The thickness of the Cobalt Series sediments is 196 ft.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1930 | 1 |
Silver 435448675 Cobalt 11350 |
MRC 10, p.102-103 | 1907-32: No 24 – 32 Silver Vein System approximately 14,000,000 oz. Ag; 1907-32: Cobalt – possibly in excess of 100,000 lbs. |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-0609, CO-0717
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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:
Part - Geology of the mine workings of Cobalt and South Lorrain silver areas
Publication Number: ARV31-02.001 Page: 70-74 Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Crown-Reserve and Silver Leaf mines, showing plans of mine levels, Cobalt, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM31A-02 Scale: 1:3,000 Date: 1997
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on part of Coleman Township, concession 6, lots 1 to 6, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: PR1961-03 Page: 155-162 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-86, 102-103 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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