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Record: MDI31M05NE00143

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dickson Creek - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Sep-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Bucke

Latitude: 47° 28' 36.4"    Longitude: -79° 39' 51.24"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 600644.7   Northing: 5259013.6    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1915-1922: Dickson Creek Mining Co. sunk a shaft.


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 Carbonate Contains
Conglomerate 2 Timiskaming Sediments Near

Lithology Comments

Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - 2-inch wide pink carbonate veins with pyrite present found within Timiskaming sediments.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Pyrite mineralization found within carbonate vein. No cobalt mineralization found within dumps near shaft.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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