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| Record Name(s) | Rowell Claim - 1961, E. Elliot - 1968, R. Stewart - 1951, Block 2, Gillies Limit - 1961 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver
Township or Area: Gillies Limit
Latitude: 47° 21' 18.6" Longitude: -79° 41' 21.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 598984.62 Northing: 5245466.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Block 2 Gillies Limit
Location Method: Data Compilation
1968: E. Elliot – a pit 23’ deep put down on a calcite vein that strikes N70ºE
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Conglomerate | 1 | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | Calcite | Host |
Aug 08, 2017 (A Wilson) - On a small outcrop of Cobalt Series sediments at about 730 feet south and 360 feet west, of the northeast claim corner is a pit and trenches put down on a calcite vein striking N.70ºE, and dipping nearly vertically. The vein structure is a fracture without evidence of important movements having taken place along it. Nipissing diabase gently dips ESE overlies the Cobalt series sediments in the eastern part of the claim. At surface, a small amount of cobalt mineralization can be seen.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Aug 08, 2017 (A Wilson) - Stewart, who put down the pit, reported it to be 23 feet deep, and followed the vein; at a depth of 18 feet the contact of Cobalt Series over Keewatin was encountered. Stewart reported that he mined a small pocket of rich silver ore from the vein, where traversing Cobalt Series sediments, immediately above the contact.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
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 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Cobalt silver area, southwestern sheet, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2051 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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