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Record: MDI31M05SE00155

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rothschild Cobalt Co. Ltd. - 1907, Dreadnought Mines Ltd. - 1909, Silver Heart Group - 1952, C. Reinhardt (Estate) - 1968, Ragged Chutes Silver Mines Ltd. - 1967, Silver Century Resources - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Coleman, Coleman

Latitude: 47° 21' 47.26"    Longitude: -79° 39' 29.02"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 601327.64   Northing: 5246391.48    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M05SE

Point Location Description: Drill hole D-1

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1907-1909: Rothschild Cobalt Co. Ltd. – trenching, diamond drilling, 2 shafts. 1909-1919: Dreadnought Mines Ltd.- property taken over by C.R. Reinhardt interests. 1952: Silver Heart Mines Ltd. – DD- 19. 1986: Silver Century Explorations Ltd. – DD-16-2409, ft.;1998: Falconbridge Mines Ltd. – DD-1-125 m.; HLEM.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Falconbridge Ltd./ 2.18645 31M05SE2003 31M05SE2003
63.4933 31M05NE0149 31M05NE0149

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
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Pillowed Hanging Wall
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 2 Intrudes
Diorite 3 Diorite Intrudes

Lithology Comments

Aug 01, 2017 (A Wilson) - Nioissing diabase occurs in the north part of the property. In the south part of the property, the diabase dips gently SSE under steeply dipping pillowed andesite that faces northeast and strikes northwest. The Keewatin andesite is intruded by a coarse dioritic sill. The Columbus quartz diabase sill strikes west – northwest across claims 134 and 414. The Columbus Fault extends west- northwest into claim 134.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 01, 2017 (A Wilson) - Assay samples from the diamond drill program returned values ranging from 50.47oz/t. over 4 ft. (DD 1) 47.18 oz./t over 1.6 ft.; 47.18 oz. over 1.6 ft.; 228.96 oz./t over 0.8 ft.; 18.11 oz. Ag over1 ft. and 96.42 oz. over 1 ft. (DD 12); 150.13 oz. over 1.1 ft. (DD 13); and 65.17 oz. Ag 1.3 ft. Small ore grade shoot: 10m long, tested to depth 25m, assays to 1730g/t Ag/1.22m (50.5oz/4.0'),



Mineral Record Details

References

Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's area, Northeastern Region

Publication Number: MP134.008 Page: 226  Date: 1997

Author: Owsiacki L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Compend - Report of activities, 1988, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP142 Date: 1989

Author: Fenwick K.G., Giblin P.E., Pitts A.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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