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Record: MDI41P10NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Castle - 1984, Castle No. 1 - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Nov-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver

Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Bismuth



Location

Township or Area: Nicol

Latitude: 47° 39' 47.56"    Longitude: -80° 43' 59.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 520028   Northing: 5278903    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 41P10NE

Point Location Description: AMIS Shaft location

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

Development: 140 m shaft lower areas accessed from Siscoe No. 6 shaft on claim to north. Production for 1968-1969 reported in MDI41P10NE00023.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 calcite +/- quartz Host
Diabase 2

Lithology Comments

Dec 02, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Veins: fissure-type calcite +/- quartz, mainly in diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BismuthEconomicGangue
2SilverEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue
4ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1972 1 Silver
NMI AG 33 PRODUCTION PART OF

References

File - Resident Geologist file CO-1693

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Haultain and Nicol townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2349 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: McIlwaine W.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: ARV35-03.001 Page: 40-41  Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 400  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Gowganda Lake-Miller Lake silver area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R175 Page: 126-127  Date: 1978

Author: McIlwaine W.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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