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| Record Name(s) | Pan Silver Mining Co. - 1908, Adanac Silver Mines Ltd. - 1915, Cobalt Lode Silver Mines - 1949, Cobalt Consolidated Mining Corp. - 1953, Agnico Mines Ltd. - 1957, Paterson - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead, Nickel, Zinc
Township or Area: Coleman, Coleman
Latitude: 47° 21' 24.35" Longitude: -79° 38' 39.26"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 602383.64 Northing: 5245702.45 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1908-59: 3 shafts with underground workings; Cobalt Lode or Adanac No. 1 Shaft. – sunk to 622’ ft. with 5 levels; Pan Silver No. 1 Shaft – sunk to 200ft. 1972-1989: Agnico Eagle: exploration and production at lower contact of diabase, underground access: Cobalt Lode Shaft 622'(190m) 1300'and1600' level(396 and 490m) from 1960-64
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 | Hanging Wall |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Intrudes | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Aug 02, 2017 (A Wilson) - Northwest striking Keewatin rocks, cut by Haileyburian lamprophyre dikes, are intruded by Nipissing diabase sill, about 1100’ thick. The sill forms the northwest limb of the north east-trending New Lake Basin. The north-west striking Columbus quartz diabase dike of Keweenawan age intrudes the Keewatin and Nipissing rocks. Two vein systems are important: No. 1 vein system strikes north and dips 70º; No. 2 vein system strikes north-northwest and dips 80º east-northeast. Silver-cobalt production is restricted to the vicinity of the Upper-Nipissing-Keewatin contact. Base metal mineralization such as pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena occurs as disseminated sulphides in the interflow sedimentary bands. 1960-64:mining operations during the period were from Christopher property but ore of appreciable quantity was hoisted from Cobalt Load shaft in conjunction with the Christopher shafts.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 02, 2017 (A Wilson) - The no 1 Vein System had a horizontal length of about 1300 ft.; extending about 500’ vertically. The No. 2 vein system has a horizontal length of about 1000 ft., and extends 400 ft. vertically. The grade (1951-56) was 16.7 oz./t; cobalt 9.8 lbs./ton; nickel 2.3lbs./ton and copper 1.8 lbs./ton. during 1989, 11581 tons of ore, containing 156,343 ounces of silver were hoisted to surface exclusively from stopes above the 1330 –ft. level in the Cobalt Lode area.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1956 | 238716 |
Silver 4493725 Ounces Cobalt 2545117 Pounds Copper 459078 Pounds Nickel 610716 Pounds |
MDC010 p.108-109 | Total production 1917-1919, 1925, 1937-1942, 1950-1956 |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-0557, CO-0619
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-86, 108-109 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 3, lots 1 to 3, and Gillies Limit, blocks 1 and 2; claims A 48 to 58 and A 88 to 100, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: PR1961-07 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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
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Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.014 Page: 273-274 Date: 1997
Author: Owsiacki L., Cosec M., Anderson D.P., Basa E.M., Born P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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