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Record: MDI31M05NE00206

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Century - 1980, Silver Monarch - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Nov-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-24
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Coleman

Latitude: 47° 24' 19.67"    Longitude: -79° 38' 18.33"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 602728   Northing: 5251122    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed North From Cobalt On Hwy 11b. Turn Right On Montreal Ave. Proceed 1300 Feet Turning Left. Proceed 3600 Feet. Traverse Path For 4800 Feet To Shaft No.3.



Exploration History

1906: Century Silver Mining Company Ltd. sunk two shafts. 1915: Renamed Cobalt Twentieth Century Mining Co. Ltd. 1926: Cobalt Twentieth Century Mining Co. Ltd sunk a third shaft. 1968: property held by Silver Monarch Mines Ltd. 1973: Silver Monarch Mines Ltd. completed a prospectus.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.3095 31M05NE0414 31M05NE0414

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 Calcite Contains
Conglomerate 2 Cobalt Series Near
Diabase 3 Nipissing Diabase Near

Lithology Comments

Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Nipissing quartz diabase overlies cobalt series conglomerate with mineralized calcite veins within diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilverEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Calcite veins contain silver mineralization



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-0631, CO-0795

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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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Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1968-69, Silver Monarch

Publication Number: CMH 1968-69 Page: 310  Date: 1968

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Mono - Preliminary report on part of Coleman Township, concession 6, lots 1 to 6, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: PR1961-03 Page: 9-11  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 Page: 259  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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