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Record: MDI31M05SE00147

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cobalt Merger - 1925, Claim T.31229 - 1961, Claim T46986 - 2014
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Nov-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Coleman

Latitude: 47° 22' 13.16"    Longitude: -79° 39' 9.32"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 601727   Northing: 5247198    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05SE

Point Location Description: DD holes

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From Cobalt take Hwy 11B south to Coleman Road, follow Coleman Road southeast for 3.4 km where it joins to Kerr Lake Road and at mileage 4.1 km where it becomes Beaver Temiskaming; continue south for 500 m to property boundary.



Exploration History

1907-1911: Cobalt Merger Limited - prospecting, trenching, pitting. 1925-1926: Cobalt Argyros Mines Limited - acquires lease for this claim and two Hargrave claims.; underground work carried out from Kerr Lake No. 3 shaft for 700 ft on 550 ft level. 1950-52: G.W. Kenty - DD-2 UNDERGOUND ACCESS: FROM KERR LAKE #3 SHAFT (550' LEVEL), SURFACE DRILLING: CANADAKA MINES LIMITED 1977.


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
Quartz Diabase 1 Quartz Diabase Host
Vein 2 Calcite Contains

Lithology Comments

Feb 18, 2015 (A Wilson) - The claim is underlain by Nipissing diabase, approximately 800 ft thick that dips gently to the SSW. A fault strikes NE into the claim from the southwest adjoining the Cobalt Badger property. The Kerr Lake No. 3 vein extends SSE 400 ft into the claim. A second vein extends SE 200 ft into the claim from the adjoining Cobalt Badger property.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein (Cobalt-Type)
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Stratabound
1 Vein

References

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 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 - 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

Location:


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:


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