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| Record Name(s) | Downey Group Property - 1907, Tee Arr Mining Company Property - 1909, Bermead Mining Syndicate - 1951, James Twp. Silver Mines Ltd. - 1990, Kerry Mining Company - 1910, Silver Horn Mining Co. Ltd. - 1906, Silverstrike Property - 2006, Regal Shaft - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Cobalt
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: James
Latitude: 47° 43' 24.64" Longitude: -80° 22' 39.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 546665.999 Northing: 5285758.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P09NW
Point Location Description: adit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Elk Lake proceed west on highway 560 for 4km to three wheel road. Walk northwest along trail 275m, then due north for 475m to shaft4.
1907: Downey - shaft sinking, pitting, trenching 1956: Lenwood Mining Company - mapping. 2006-2009: Amador Gold Corp - stripping, mapping, ground geophysics, ground survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| CO-3170 | 20000001864 | 20000001864 |
| CO-3453/2.41520 | 20000003961 | 20000003961 |
| CO-3463/2.41790 | 20000004227 | 20000004227 |
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 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Bornite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 11, 2011 (A Wilson) - This property is reportedly the site of the original discovery of silver in the Elk Lake area. Veins in the vicinity of shaft No. 2 assayed 19.66% Co, 7.00% Ni and nil Ag. This vein was reportedly 12 inches in width.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1230, CO-1241, CO-1253, CO-1274, CO-1282
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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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Elk Lake area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R062 Page: 22 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: 357 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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File - Resident Geologist files Press Clippings
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV19-01.003 Page: 116 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - The cobalt-nickel arsenides and silver deposits of Temiskaming (Cobalt and adjacent areas), chapters 1, 2 and 3
Publication Number: ARV19-02.001 Page: 161 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G., Burrows A.G., Hore R.E., DeLury J.S., Knight C.W., Stewart R.B., Collins W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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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
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