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| Record Name(s) | J.J. Gray - 1968, Claim A3 Gillies Limit - 1945, Mulholland Property - 1946, Audley Gold Mines Ltd. - 1951, South Keora Mines Ltd. - 1926, N. Oslund - 1913 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt
Township or Area: Gillies Limit
Latitude: 47° 22' 41.03" Longitude: -79° 41' 30.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 598753 Northing: 5248008 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1946-61: Silanco Mining and Refining Company - Mulholland Property – shaft; DD-4-807 ft.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Host |
Aug 04, 2017 (A Wilson) - Steeply dipping Keewatin andesitic lava strikes north-west and faces south-west on the claim. The present ground surface was presumably less than 200 ft. below the bottom of the Nipissing diabase contact prior to erosion of the latter.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Aug 04, 2017 (A Wilson) - In the late 1930’s about 900 lbs. of cobalt assaying about 12.9% cobalt was produced from the claim. The South Keora Shaft-vein was 300 ft. long and 4 inches wide. The vein strikes N25E and dips 70ºW. Geochemistry
File - Resident Geologist file CO-1072
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-86, 220 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Preliminary report on parts of Coleman Township, concession 4, lots 1 to 5, and Gillies Limit, the eastern "A" claims, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: PR1961-06 Page: 99-100 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Cobalt silver area, southwestern sheet, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2051 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1946
Publication Number: ARV56-02 Page: 109 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Kirk A.T., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L., Barrett C.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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