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| Record Name(s) | Devlin Mining Company Ltd. - 1908, Elco Group - 1942, W.L. Powell Property - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: James
Latitude: 47° 40' 12.28" Longitude: -80° 16' 33.08"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 554361.3 Northing: 5279885.815 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P09NW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Elk Lake proceed south easterly on the onr right of way for 2.7km; take snow machine trail southerly for 2.25km to shaft1.
1908-1910: Devlin Mining Co. Ltd. - pitting, trenching, 3 shafts, underground development. 1926: Enright Mining Co. Ltd - underground development, DD-1
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Contains | |
| Siltstone | 3 | Footwall |
Oct 11, 2011 (A Wilson) - The property is mainly underlain by coarse-grained diabase which is thought to be the top of a diabase sill which dips to the southeast. In the southeast corner of the property, the diabase is in contact with the overlying conglomerate member and banded siltstone member of the Gowganda Formation.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 11, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from claim MR461 (F.H. Collins claim) assayed 29 oz/t Ag
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1920 | 1 |
Silver 3742 Grams |
MDC010, p. 345 | 132 ounces of silver |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1236, CO-1243, CO-1263
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Mickle and James townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2151 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV18-01.002 Page: 125 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV19-01.003 Page: 115 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Elk Lake area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R062 Page: 24-25 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 345 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - James Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0239 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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