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MDI41P07NE00017
| Record Name(s) | Hains Shaft - 1920, Claim G.G.2606 - 1920 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Cobalt
Township or Area: Donovan
Latitude: 47° 28' 32.22" Longitude: -80° 43' 8.63"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 521168.004 Northing: 5258057.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P07NE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbro | 2 | Pyroxene | Adjacent |
Nov 16, 2009 (A Wilson) - The vein varies from 1 to 2.5 inches in width with a strike of N62°E. It is hosted by a coarse-grained diabase showing some reddish granophyric interstices of quartz and feldspar.
Mar 27, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Veins: calcite in diabase
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Smaltite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chloanthite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 16, 2009 (A Wilson) - The vein carries disseminated smaltite, niccolite, chloanthite and some native silver.
File - Resident Geologist file CO-0901
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Smoothwater Lake, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2256 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1973
Author: Card K.D., McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Maple Mountain area, districts of Timiskaming, Nipissing and Sudbury
Publication Number: R106 Page: 78 Date: 1973
Author: Card K.D., McIlwaine W.H., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 415 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Gowganda silver area (4th report, revised)
Publication Number: ARV35-03.001 Page: 57 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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