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| Record Name(s) | Hector Silver Mines, Block 4 - 1924, W. Gutzman Property - 1968, Claim C1243 - 1924, Gillies Limit Block 4 - 1924 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Sep-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Nickel, Bismuth
Township or Area: Gillies Limit
Latitude: 47° 21' 6.47" Longitude: -79° 43' 22.61"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 596449 Northing: 5245050 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05SE
Point Location Description: Hector Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Take Highway 11B to 3.5km southwest of Cobalt. South Bass Lake Road ~4.5km to a short distance beyond the end of the lake. Take Riopel Cottage Rd then first left to Hector Shaft.
Pre-1924-29: Hector Silver Mines – prospecting, shaft sinking, underground development. The shaft was sunk 500 ft. with 3 developed levels. Circa 1930: J. Dolan – owner. 1962: St. Mary’s Explorations Limited -magnetic and resistivity surveys. 1968: W. Gutzman – owner. 1969: EM survey. 2013: Outcrop Explorations Ltd. – ground magnetometer survey, beep mat survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.1025 | 31M05SE0084 | 31M05SE0084 |
| 63.2640 | 31M05SE0091 | 31M05SE0091 |
| 2.54206 | 20000008004 | 20000008004 |
| 2.54595 | 20000007892 | 20000007892 |
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 | Contains |
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| Vein | 2 | Calcite | Host | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Adjacent |
Jan 30, 2015 (A Wilson) - The vein on which the shaft was put down strikes N.85° W.,and dips southerly. It went out of the shaft at a depth of 30 feet. A small open cut may be seen near the shaft. The silver ore (in part high grade) and cobalt mineralization presumably did not persist below the 60-foot level. It is not clear if the vein structure persisted through the Nipissing diabase, which was found to extend to a depth of 480 feet below the shaft collar. Exploration in the diabase near the bottom contact and the underlying Cobalt Series conglomerate (about 50 to 90 feet thick) was not rewarding.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Smaltite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Bismuth | Economic | Ore |
Jan 30, 2015 (A Wilson) - A shipment of high-grade ore was bagged and made ready for shipment. No other details are available.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1924 | 27 | 4678 oz. Ag | About 5 tons of cobalt ore of unknown grade was produced from claim C-1101. |
Part - Statistical review of Ontario's mineral industry in 1921
Publication Number: ARV31-01.001 Page: 52 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 274-275, 293 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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