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Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

The Cobalt Area was the most prolific silver producer of the Region. Petruk (1971) divides the area into three geological subareas- Peterson Lake basin, Kerr Lake Dome, New Lake Basin. Most activity was in the Peterson Lake Basin and Petruk further divides this geographically into Northwest of Cobalt Lake, West side of Peterson Lake Basin, East side of Peterson Lake Basin, near Peterson Lake.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Aikinite
Albite
Allargentum (TL)
Alloclasite
'Amphibole Asbestos'
Ankerite
Annabergite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Breithauptite
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chapmanite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinosafflorite (TL)
Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite
Cosalite
Covellite
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dyscrasite
Epidote
Erythrite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrisymplesite (TL)
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
Heterogenite
'Heulandite'
Jarosite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Langisite (TL)
Larosite (TL)
Lindströmite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Matildite
Maucherite
Mckinstryite (TL)
'Mica Group'
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite

Orcelite
Pararammelsbergite (TL)
Paratacamite
Parkerite
Pavonite
Pearceite
Picropharmacolite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite

Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Rutile
Safflorite
Samsonite
Scorodite
Siderite
Siegenite
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Smythite
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Stromeyerite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Ullmannite
Wittichenite
Xanthoconite


134 entries listed. 91 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

Petruk (1971): Can. Mineral. 11 (1).

Joyce, D. K., K. R. Tait, V. Vertolli, M. E. Black, I. Nicklin (2012) The Cobalt Mining District, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Mineralogical Record 43:685-713

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