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| Record Name(s) | Reed-Booth Gold Showing - 1933, Soocana - 1933 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 5' 57.15" Longitude: -84° 34' 15.7"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 680836.97 Northing: 5330180.64 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Mineral occurrence 6 on map P.2440
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible by following a bush road north out of the community of Hawk Junction for approximately 1 km or where the Algoma Ore spur line diverges from the main ACR line. From this point, the property is accessible by a 1 km bush traverse west of the end of the road.
1933: discovery by Mssrs. Booth and Reed. 1933-36: Soocana Mining Co. - channel sampling, 5 ddh. 1936-41: Soocana Mining Co. - shaft sinking to 123 ft., trenching and ddh. 1940: Hollinger Consolidated - property examination.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ESQUEGA 31 | 42C02SE0300 | 42C02SE0300 |
| ESQUEGA 23 | 42C02SE0047 | 42C02SE0047 |
| ESQUEGA 22A1 | 42C02SE0007 | 42C02SE0007 |
| ESQUEGA 15B1 | 42C02SE0030 | 42C02SE0030 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Hawk Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2890 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the Hawk Assemblage of the Michipicoten greenstone belt. These rocks are the oldest within the Michipicoten greenstone belt and consist of basaltic to ultramafic flows and intrusives.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic massive flow | 2 | Basalt | Massive, Vesiculated | Adjacent |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Calcite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of three veins (Shaft Vein, Fissure Vein, Galena Vein) lying within a shear zone. The shearing appears to cross the greenstone-porphyry contact. The shearing is oblique to the contact. The mafic metavolcanic rock vary in texture from fine-grained to medium grained massive rocks. The mafice metavolcanics have been sheared to a chlorite schist in the vicinity of the showing.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Shaft Vein reportedly hosts visible gold and galena. Grab samples by the OGS in 1980 returned values of 0.73 oz/t Au and a sample taken in 1992 returned values of 3.64 oz/t Au. The Fissure Vein consists of massive quartz and contains minor pyrite. The best assays from this vein returned 0.23 oz/t Au from a grab sample in 1980. Grab samples from the Galena Vein returned 0.30 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sheared |
| 2 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 1 | 240 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 8 | 1 | 155 | 55 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 23 | 2 | 330 | 60 |
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Esquega Township, Wawa area, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2440 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Rebic Z., Abercrombie S., Neale K., MacMillan D.W., Calvert T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Central Portion
Publication Number: P3303 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1994
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1938
Publication Number: CMH 1938 Page: 259 Date: 1938
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrence investigations in Esquega and Corbiere townships, Wawa District
Publication Number: OFR5798 Page: 106-112 Date: 1991
Author: Delisle P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Esquega Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Part - The Michipicoten-Missinaibi area
Publication Number: ARV44-08.001 Page: 18 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M.
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: 22 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 180 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Wawa Missanabie Area Gold Occurrences
Publication Number: Page: 71 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 414-415 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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