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| Record Name(s) | University Mines Ltd. - 1905, La Rose Mines Ltd. - 1909, La Rose-Rouyn Mines Ltd. - 1950, Silver-Miller Mines Ltd. - 1954, Hiho Silver Mines Ltd. - 1963, Glen Lake Silver Mines Ltd. (HiHo) - 1968, Giroux Lake - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Gillies Limit
Latitude: 47° 22' 2.09" Longitude: -79° 40' 15.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 600350.63 Northing: 5246832.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Veins
Location Method: Data Compilation
1905-56: Silver-Miller Mines -3 shafts sunk on property. 1963-68: Giroux Lake shaft deepened to 291 ft.; drive on 291 ft. level was extended to beneath Dynamite Island where an ore zone has been developed and 100’ winze has been sunk to 391’ level where 400’. Southwest drift has followed 4-1 W rich silver vein. From 600’ level of Conisil shaft; 2500 ft. crosscuts to 4-1W vein was planned. 1963: Copper Man Mines optioned the property – DD 14 (surface holes 3265 ft.); 12 UG DD (4925 ft.)
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Cobalt Metasediments | Adjacent |
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| Gabbro | 3 | Nipissing | Footwall | |
| Vein | 3 | Calcite | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1968 | 400 | MRC No.10 p.214-215 | 82,681 lbs Co; 287,718 oz. Ag; 38,283 Ni lbs.; 1205 lbs Cu | |
| 1905 | 400 | MDC 10, p. 214 | 287,718 oz. Ag; 82,681 lbs. Co; 38,283 lbs. Ni; 1.205 lbs Cu (1905 to1943); 500,000 oz. Ag (1966-68) |
File - Resident Geologist file CO-1046
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 214-215 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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