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Record: MDI31M05SE00113

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Williamson Claims - 1966
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Sep-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Gillies Limit

Latitude: 47° 19' 15.9"    Longitude: -79° 42' 35.58"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 597492   Northing: 5241653    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05SE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1966: Block 17:93 ft. shaft sunk on a calcite vein. A 16 ft. pit was sunk on a second vein. 2005-06 – Cabo Mining Enterprises Corp:.DD-5-1316 ft.; stripping. 2011: Outcrop Exploration Ltd. – sampling, assays, magnetometer survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63A.528 31M05SE0093 31M05SE0093
43 31M05SE0050 31M05SE0050
DHR-43 31M05SE0050 31M05SE0050

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
Diabase 1 Nipissing Diabase Brecciated Host
Vein 2 Calcite Intrudes

Lithology Comments

Aug 08, 2017 (A Wilson) - The calcite vein is 7 inches wide and strikes SE. The second vein strikes N10ºW and dips 80ºE. Both veins occur in Nipissing diabase. Chalcopyrite occurs. 2 occurrences: A – 9m shaft SW BL 19 with chalcopyrite and silver; B; 700m south in Block 25 with Co, Ni-arsenides, hematite and aplite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3SpeculariteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein (Cobalt-Type)

References

File - Resident Geologist file CO-1108 / Silver Gulf Mining and Development Limit

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 300  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 378  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Preliminary report on parts of Coleman Township and Gillies Limit to the south and southwest of Cobalt

Publication Number: PR1960-03 Date: 1998

Author: Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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