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Record: MDI41P07NE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) F. Wilder Prospect - 1912
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1985-Jun-25
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Donovan

Latitude: 47° 28' 19.99"    Longitude: -80° 41' 33.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 523158.003   Northing: 5257688.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P07NE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

1912-20: F. Wilder - trenching and pitting, development work. 1929: Miller Lake O'Brien Mines Limited - development work. 1960: Sicinor Mines Limited - ground geophysics, surface and underground mapping.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Carbonate Host
Gabbro 2 Pyroxene Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Nov 16, 2009 (A Wilson) - An open cut 28 feet long and nearly 5 feet deep was made along a calcite vein varying in width from 0.5 inch to 2 inches and in strike from N65°E and N45°E.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilverEconomicOre
3SmaltiteEconomicOre
4NiccoliteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 16, 2009 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by J. Brady returned 160 oz/t Ag across 1 ft., 18 oz/t Ag and 0.68% Co over 2 feet. A grab sample from the muck pile returned 8.6 oz/t Ag and 0.3% Co. Two underground samples collected by Sicanor in 1960 returned 12.96 oz/t Ag over 5 inches and 14.61 oz/t Ag over 3 inches. A grab sample from the raise assayed 29.10 g/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-0900, CO-0907, CO-0910

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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

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Part - Gowganda silver area (4th report, revised)

Publication Number: ARV35-03.001 Page: 58  Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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MonoMap - Geology of the Maple Mountain area, districts of Timiskaming, Nipissing and Sudbury

Publication Number: R106 Page: 87-89  Date: 1973

Author: Card K.D., McIlwaine W.H., Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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