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| Record Name(s) | Giant Silver Nugget Mines Ltd. - 1905, Silver-Miller Mines Ltd. - 1959, Conisil Mines Ltd. - 1946, Hiho Silver Mines Ltd. - 1963, Claim J.B. 27 - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Nov-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Bismuth, Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc, Copper
Township or Area: Coleman, Coleman, Gillies Limit
Latitude: 47° 22' 11.56" Longitude: -79° 39' 38.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 601108 Northing: 5247138 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Conisil Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Hwy 11B, turn southeast on Coleman Road and continue onto Kerr Lake Road (mileage 3.4km) to Penn Mill-University Road turnoff at 3.65km travel SW past the Penn Mill for 0.8km to the boat launching area; canoe SEfor 550m to Conisil Island No.22.
1905: Giant Silver Nugget Mines Limited - trenching, prospecting, development of 5 adits, one with a winze developed. 1946-47: Conisil Mines Limited - deepened winze for a shaft (320 ft.), some lateral workings, 1 DD on Dynamite Island; operations suspended 1948 to 1951 while shaft was dewatered and diamond drilling program was conducted. 1959: Silver-Miller Mines Ltd.- property optioned and then purchased in 1960; underground workings extended from Lawson Mine to Conisil Shaft; shaft deepened. 1961:Barron Drilling – DD-10-5012 ft. assays. 1959-1967: Silver Miller Mines Ltd. - in production. 1971: Silver Shield Mines Inc. – prospectus.1973: underground exploration. 1975-80: minor production 1986-88: Novamin Resources Inc./Canacord Resources Inc. - underground development, dewatering.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.4983 | 31M05SE0100 | 31M05SE0100 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diabase | 1 | Quartz Diabase | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Calcite | Contains |
Aug 03, 2017 (A Wilson) - Nipissing diabase outcrops on surface and Keewatin rocks are exposed in the underground workings. The diabase bottom contact dips 25º S. A WNW-striking 85º NNE-dipping fault cuts the diabase on the 310 ft. level. Silver-bearing veins have been found in diabase as well as in Keewatin cherty sedimentary rocks, which latter contain pyrite, sphalerite, galena,and chalcopyrite. Vein 1-S, perhaps the most important, bifurcates at the Conisil shaft, with one branch striking north and the other east.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - The most important vein found to date on the property is the No.1-S, which is directly continuous from the Lawson claim. From the Lawson boundary to the vicinity of the Gonisil shaft the strike is N. and the dip nearly vertical in the Nipissing diabase and about 60OE. in the Keewatin. The vein on the 460-foot level is about 15 feet from the shaft. Easterly from the shaft the vein bends and takes on an irregular eastward strike and a nearly vertical dip. On the Conisil property the vein has been followed by drifts on the 300-foot and 400-foot Lawson No.8 shaft levels and by the 460- foot Conisil shaft level. The vein is presently being explored and mined. Production to-date has been obtained very largely from where the vein traverses Keewatin rocks. The vein which at surface passes through the Conisi shaft has an irregular strike of approximately N.70°E. a and a nearly vertical dip. In the adit from which the Conisil shaft was started, cobalt mineralization in small amount accompanies the vein. In the vicinity of the shaft five adits have been made along small calcite veins with strikes about N70E and nearly vertical dips. In at least the vein in Adit No.2 (150 feet south of the shaft) cobalt mineralization is present).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Stratiform |
| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conisil Mines Ltd. | 1989 | Unclassified | 64139 | MR223 | Reserve estimate 64,139 tonnes @ 9.49 oz/t Ag in Cleopatra, Conisil and University Mines | Silver 9.49 oz/T |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 9072 |
Silver 3110348 Grams |
MDC010, p.120-121 | total estimated production 1961-1965; 100,000 oz Ag,; Reserve estimate 64,139 tonnes @ 9.49 oz./t Ag in Cleopatra, Conisil and University Mines |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-0630, CO-0799 (prospectus)
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Coleman Township, Concession 3, lots 1, 2, 3, Concession 4, lots 1-5, and Gillies Limit, blocks 1, 2, eastern part of ""A"" claims, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: P0096 Scale: 1:4,800 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's District - 1988
Publication Number: MP142.014 Page: 308 Date: 1997
Author: Owsiacki L., Cosec M., Anderson D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Cobalt silver area, southeastern sheet, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2052 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-86, 120-121 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - 1979 report of the Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP091.006 Page: 79, 81 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L., Ploeger F.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Canadian Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in 1989
Publication Number: MR 223 Page: ONT-68 Date: 1990
Author:
Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada
Location: Timmins RGO
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