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| Record Name(s) | Penna Mine - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Harris
Latitude: 47° 34' 39.9" Longitude: -79° 33' 41.8"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 608168.999 Northing: 5270373.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M12SE
Point Location Description: hoist room
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Take highway 65 from New Liskeard for 11km towards Notre Dame due Nord to Quebec border to the Harris Township concession road. At sutton Bay - proceed 3.5km east and then north to view the site from the farm concession road on the east side. A good rock fill road barred by a steel cable gate at the concession road marks the entrance. A 200m walk to the east will access the site.
1985-89: Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited - zone discovered in 1985, shaft completed in 1988, underground development
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wacke | 2 | Contains | ||
| Conglomerate | 3 | Contains | ||
| Vein | 4 | Calcite | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Footwall |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - The shaft cut the lower contact of the Nipissing diabase at 176 feet and continued down through a thick sequence of Huronian Coleman Member laminated greywacke and conglomerate to a depth of 720 feet where the unconformity with Archean mafic metavolcanics was intersected.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Significant high-grade silver intersections were derived from within all rock types at the western end of an interpreted paleo-trough
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein (Cobalt-Type) |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Casey and Harris townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2066 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 87/03/30 & 87/07/20 Langis
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1987
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
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Compend - Report of activities, 1986, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP134 Page: 222 Date: 1987
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's District - 1988
Publication Number: MP142.014 Page: 306 Date: 1997
Author: Owsiacki L., Cosec M., Anderson D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Wawa Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.010 Page: 276 Date: 1997
Author: Tortosa D.J.J., Frey E.D., Stewart R.C., Wilson A.C., Wing W., Beach P., Walmsley J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's District - 1990
Publication Number: MP152.013 Page: 264 Date: 1997
Author: Basa E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - RES/GEO 1984, AGNICO EAGLE
Publication Number: RES/GEO Date: 1984
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Book - RES/GEO 1990 INT RPT LANGIS MINE
Publication Number: RES/GEO Date: 1990
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