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Record: MDI31M05SE00124

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. Burke (Mining Corporation Group) - 1922, Optioned to Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. - 1922, H. Kelly - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Sep-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Gillies Limit

Latitude: 47° 19' 42.15"    Longitude: -79° 40' 35.9"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 599990.61   Northing: 5242505.45    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05SE

Point Location Description: LOT: Claim T-19490 Conc: Block 16; Block 15

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1923-1925: The Mining Corporation Shaft was sunk 300’ with levels at 98 ft. ( a crosscut extending SW 40’), 204’ ( a crosscut that extends southwest 25’) and 275 ft. ( a crosscut that extends south 500’ with east and west drifts 145 ft. from the shaft. At surface, one vein occurs at the Mining Corporation shaft; another lies some 400 feet to the south.1996: R. Gilson – brushing, stripping of trail to make road accessible and expose the showing REF INDEX: (3) UNDERGROUND LEVEL PLAN.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Gillies Limit (North Part) W9680.00376 31M05SE0029 31M05SE0029

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
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Keewatin Footwall
Conglomerate 2 Cobalt Series Hanging Wall
Vein 3 Calcite Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilverEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4GalenaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Mono - Preliminary report on parts of Coleman Township and Gillies Limit, near New Lake, southeast of Cobalt, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: PR1961-02 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:


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