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| Record Name(s) | Cole Shaft - 1932, Cole Gold Mines Shaft Prospect - 1932 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-May-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Tungsten, Silver
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 4' 10.82" Longitude: -94° 13' 59.16"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 413605 Northing: 5658296.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: Precise/SHAFT
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: W SHORE OF PIPESTONE BAY.
1926-1932: J.Y. Cole performed surface prospecting. 1932: developed 6.1 m shaft. 1933: Cole Gold Mines Ltd. was incorporated. Steam plant installed, shaft sunk to 61m, some lateral work. 1934-1937: Shaft sunk to 161.5 m, levels at 91.5, 122, and 152.5 m. 1937: 1250 m of underground drilling and 2134 m of lateral work. 1973: Kerr Addison optioned, performed magnetometer and EM surveys and drilled 19 diamond drill holes totalling 2108 m to test possible extensions of main vein. 2021: Rockland Resources completed a 5 drill hole program, totalling 996 m on the property.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 52M01SE0172 | 20000006230 | 20000006230 |
| 52M01SE0194 | 20000004934 | 20000004934 |
| 20000020094 | 20000020094 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Cenozoic
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: U. Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The Cole gold Mines Main Showing shaft area is underlain by felsic flows and tuffs interlayered with gabbroic sills. The volcanic rocks contain about 12 parallel shear zones ranging in width from 15 cm to 3 m and containing lenses and veins of bluish-grey quartz. The shearing is oriented roughly parallel to bedding and dips 65 degs to 75 degs north. Gold is in both the quartz veins and wallrock. Quartz veining occurs over a length of 440 m, in underground drilling and workings. Single quartz veins are as long as 213 m. Several west-dipping, left handed faults in the shaft area have laterally offset the veins about 34 m. Kerr Addison concluded that magnetic and EM anomalies in this area are caused by disseminated magnetite in basic to ultrabasic rocks of the Pipestone Bay stock.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Quartz-Rich Granitoid | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Sheared | Contains |
| Felsic Tuff | 4 | Flows & Tuffs | Adjacent | |
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 5 | Felsic Volcanics | Sheared, Mineralized | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The quartz veins are both lenses and veins composed of bluish-grey quartz.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Scheelite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Sulphides | Alteration | Sulphidation | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The Cole Gold Mines Main Showing consists of a number of mineralized shear zones in the felsic volcanics. The zones are about 425 m long. Gold is contained in both quartz veins and wallrock next to the veins. Gold values occur over a width of 0.6 to 2.5 m, and visible gold has been noted to a depth of 365 m. Shearing is roughly parallel to bedding and dips steeply to the N. The quartz veins hosting much of the gold pinch and swell along strike. The highest gold values occur in sphalerite and chalcopyrite bearing vein sections. A 700 lb. sample from the 621 m level assayed 1.32 opt Au and 0.61 opt Ag. 2021: Rockland resources released results from a diamond drill hole program. Results include 4.9 g/t Au over 0.5 m and 3.6 g/t au over 2.5 m from RL-CP-02, 3.0 g/t Au over 0.5 m from RL-CP-04 (Rockland Resources, news release, March 31, 2022).
Dec 07, 2005 (K R Kettles) - The wallrocks are silicified and contain quite a lot of sulphide minerals.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unknown |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 425 | 2 | 365 | 270 | 70 |
Date: Dec 13, 1996
Geologist: K R Kettles
Notes: N/A
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Gold Mines Shaft | 1973 | Unclassified | 108660 | OFR 5558 P.59 | Kerr Addison estimated reserves w a cut grade, assumed year. Grade: 14.1 g/t Au (119, 780 ton of 0.41 opt Au) | Gold 14.06 g/t |
Map - Ball Township, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2265 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1975
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Red Lake area, volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5558 Page: 58-59EA Date: 1987
Author: Durocher M.E., Burchell P.S., Andrews A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Gold deposits in the vicinity of Red Lake
Publication Number: ARV44-06.001 Page: 49-51 Date: 1997
Author: Hurst M.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 191-192 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Page: 96-99 Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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