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| Record Name(s) | Argyle - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Bucke
Latitude: 47° 25' 30.21" Longitude: -79° 36' 30.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 604951.7 Northing: 5253339.53 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1907: Cobalt-bearing vein found. 1917: Shaft sunk.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conglomerate | 2 | Coleman Formation | Near | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz Feldspar Porphyry | Near | |
| Mafic pillowed flow | 4 | Basalt | Pillow | Near |
Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Keewatin pillow lavas, striking north and with tops facing west make up most of the outcrop which occurs in a belt along the lakeshore. Intrusive into the lavas are irregular quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes. A small area of Cobalt Series sediments, probably not more than 30 feet thick, occurs near the shaft and the basal contact of this conglomerate over the underlying Keewatin lavas as well as over a quartz porphyry dike intrusive into them is well exposed.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Cobalt mineralization is present in within the calcite veins near the pits and shaft. Very little silver mineralization was associated with the cobalt on this property.
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
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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