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Record: MDI31M05NE00198

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Clear Lake - 1962, Conmar Explorations Ltd. - 1966, Legends of Cobalt - 2008
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Oct-28
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-24
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Coleman

Latitude: 47° 23' 34.26"    Longitude: -79° 42' 39.73"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 597273   Northing: 5249627    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1906-07: diamond drilling; shaft sunk to 100 ft, and crosscut driven north; Secons shaft sunk 25 feet. 1962-63: Equity Explorations acquired an option on one unpatented claim in Coleman Township; DD-6-329 ft. 1962-63: Lucky Creek Mining Company – DD-329 ft. 1995: Falconbridge Limited – magnetic survey; HLEM survey. 1994: Falconbridge Exploration – geological mapping. 2008: Legends of Cobalt – versatile time domain EM survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.16290 31M05NE0126 31M05NE0126
2.37767 20000002829 20000002829
2.15607 31M05NE0103 31M05NE0103
21 31M05NE0160 31M05NE0160

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
Intermediate Tuff 1 Andesite Tuffaceous Contains
Felsic Tuff 2 Rhyolite Tuffaceous Contains
Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided 3 Intrudes
Siltstone 4 Footwall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1980 1 MDI

References

File - CO-0655, CO-0704 (Lucky Creek Mining Company Ltd. DD), CO-0705 (Lucky Creek Mining Company Ltd., geology), CO-0710 (Marcon Mines Limited, DD-5)

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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

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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 232-233, 267  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Preliminary report on parts of Coleman Township and Gillies Limit to the south and southwest of Cobalt

Publication Number: PR1960-03 Page: 13-14  Date: 1998

Author: Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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