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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI41P08NW00009

Record: MDI41P08NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Niccolite Lake - 1980
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	1980-Aug-19
Date Last Modified	2023-Mar-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt

Location

Township or Area: Van Nostrand

Latitude: 47° 27' 40.94" Longitude: -80° 15' 17.63"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 556157.331 Northing: 5256705.73 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P08NW

Point Location Description: Pit symbol, southeast shore of Niccolite Lake near property symbol 4 (Map 2257)

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
CO-2221	41P08NW0010	41P08NW0010

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
Aplite	1

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type	Alteration Mineral Type	Alteration Ranking	Alteration Intensity	Alteration Style
1	Erythrite	Economic	Ore

Mineralization Comments

Dec 06, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Erythrite in fracture in aplite.

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Makobe Lake, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2257 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: 67 Date: 1973

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

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For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Kirkland Lake Resident Geologist District Office