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Record: MDI31M05NE00123

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) E.H. Lumsden - 1980, Thompson-North Cobalt - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Sep-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Bucke

Latitude: 47° 25' 47.15"    Longitude: -79° 39' 13.42"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 601526.68   Northing: 5253802.53    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05NE

Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: SW1/4 N1/2 LOT 11 CONC: II

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Pre-1919: shaft sunk, some work done. 1919: Mining Corp. of Canada optioned the property and carried out underground work. 1968: Owned by E.H. Lumsden. 2008: The Legends of Cobalt completed an airborne geophysical survey (electromagnetic, magnetometer). 2017: Cruz Cobalt Ltd. carried out an airborne geophysical survey (magnetometer, VLFEM).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
W0880.00803 / 2.37767 20000002829 20000002829
28746 20000016965 20000016965

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Contains
Diabase 2 Nipissing Diabase Near
Wacke 3 Temiskaming Sediments

Lithology Comments

Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Paleozoic sediments occur northeast of the McKenzie Fault of several hundred feet displacement that strikes NW across the claim near its southwest corner; in the southwest corner about 250 ft of steeply dipping Timiskaming sediments of Archean age are underlain by Nipissing quartz diabase in the form of a NE dipping sheet about 700 ft thick.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
4SilverEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Small quartz and pink carbonate veins occur, locally with chalcopyrite.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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Mono - Preliminary report on Bucke Township, District of Timiskaming, description of mining properties

Publication Number: PR1960-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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