Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Kell Claims - 1909, J. Ploeger - 2000, Kell Mine - 1920 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Dec-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel
Township or Area: Corkill
Latitude: 47° 30' 19.37" Longitude: -80° 38' 50.39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 526558 Northing: 5261388 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P10SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1919-20 - J. C. Smith - underground development; a shipment of ore 1584 lbs containing 1620.9 oz silver was made from an open cut south of the shaft. 1947: Silver Chest Mines Limited - trenching, 3 DD-120 ft. 1949-57: G. Pearson - sampling. 1962-65: Ourgold Mining Company Limited - DD-4. 2000-2001: Diamond Lake Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| CO-2608 | 41P10SE2004 | 41P10SE2004 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | calcite +/- quartz | Host |
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| Diabase | 2 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Argentite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Smaltite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Millerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 10 | Niccolite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 16, 2009 (A Wilson) - G. Pearson reportedly obtained $2000 worth of silver by hand cobbing vein material from the adit. A bulk sample of 253 pounds assayed 1703.8 oz/t Ag and yielded 180 lbs Co. A drill hole completed by Ourgold Mining Company returned 1.11% Cu, 0.56 oz/t Ag and 0.07% Co over 15 feet; 5.3% Cu, 1.2 oz/t Ag and 0.9% Co over 11.8 feet; and 25 feet averaging 2.23% Cu and 1.18 oz/t Ag. A grab sample collected from the muck pile by Ploeger et al. returned 8.4 ppm Ag, >10,000 ppm As, 4722 ppm Co, 3424 ppm Cu and 5293 ppm Ni
Dec 06, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Veins: calcite +/- quartz in Nipissing diabase. Samples yielded values up to >100 ppm Ag and >10000 ppm Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-0878, CO-0879
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Leith, Charters, and Corkill townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2208 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Gowganda silver area (4th report, revised)
Publication Number: ARV35-03.001 Page: 59-61 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 410 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Leith, Charters, and Corkill townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R089 Page: 44-46 Date: 1971
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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