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| Record Name(s) | Cobalt Badger Silver Mines Ltd. - 1950, Silver Miller Mines Ltd. - 1968, Badger Mines Ltd. (claims 1265 and 472) - 1907, Cobalt Merger Ltd. (Claim No. 147) - 1907 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Coleman, Coleman
Latitude: 47° 21' 50.53" Longitude: -79° 39' .12"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 601932 Northing: 5246503 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Cobalt Badger Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Cobalt take Hwy 11B South To Coleman Road; turn southeast and proceed down the Coleman-Kerr Lake-Beaver Temiskaming Road system for approx. 13 km to where a overhead powerline crosses the road; feature s05 is located approx. 800 feet to the west.
1907-1911: Badger Mines Limited - prospecting, trenching, shaft development (all work completed on claims 1265 and 472). 1907- 1911: Cobalt Merger Limited - trenching (claim 147). 1950-51: Cobalt Badger Silver Mines Limited - property acquisition, mapping, diamond drilling.
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 |
Jul 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - Vein No.9 was the most important vein; the strike is N.80°E. and dips steeply to the north. This vein was extensively explored by shaft No.9, an inclined one dipping north along the vein. The depth of the shaft is 223 feet and a drift on the 100- foot level follows the vein for about 280 feet westerly and 100 feet easterly from it. On the 200-foot level the vein was drifted on100 feet east and 100 feet west from the shaft. Vein No,8, in the southwest part of Claim No.472, strikes northwesterly. It has been explored by trenches and shaft No.7, which from the size of dump, appears to be less than 50 feet deep. Cobalt bloom may be seen on the dump and silver is reported to occur. Vein No.1 (strike NW.) and No.2 (strike NE.) were explored by shaft No.1, which is about 50 feet deep and has a level at that depth and also by workings on the 200-foot level of No.9 shaft. Vein No.3 in the northwest corner of claim No.1265 strikes N.60°E. It was explored by shaft No.2. Presumably cobalt mineralization occurred in this vein; on the shaft dump a little chalcopyrite in white granular calcite may be seen. Shaft No.6 in the southeast corner of claim No.472 is reported to be inclined at 75 and to have reached a depth of 103 feet. This shaft appears to be on the southwesterly extension of vein No.5 from the adjoining claim(No.l355) to the east. No information is available on results obtained.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smaltite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Stratiform |
| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1940 | 1 |
Silver 3475 Ounces Cobalt 51 Kilograms Nickel 51 Kilograms |
PR1961-06, p. 35 | production was intermittent and was reported only for 1937 and 1940 |
File - Resident Geologist file CO-0614
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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
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
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Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 84-86, 104-105 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
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