BreithauptiteHudson Bay Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Photo: Maggie Wilson Latitude: 47°24'15"N
Longitude: 79°41'5"W
Not to be confused with the Hudson Bay Mine(aka. Rusty Lake Mine) in Leith Township, Gowganda area.
A silver mine located in Lot 6 Con. VI. Discovered in 1903 and closed in 1920. Produced 6,450,000 oz. Ag and 186,000 lb. Cobalt.
Mineralization is in calcite veins cutting diabase.
References
Sabina, Ann P., 2000. Rocks and Minerals for the Collector: Cobalt-Belleterre-Timmins, Ontario and Quebec, GSC. Miscellaneous Report 57, 266 p.
Ontario Dept. of Mines, 1968, MRC No.10, Silver Cobalt Calcite Vein Deposits of Ontario, by A.O.Sergiades
Ref.: Dana 7: I: 311.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 753.
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