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| Record Name(s) | Atnel Gold Occurrence - 1934, Claim AC 2593 - 1934, Hubert Vein - 1928, Armstrong Vein - 1928, No. 3 Vein - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Oct-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 5' 45.25" Longitude: -84° 36' 34.62"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677975.54 Northing: 5329723.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Trenches on the east side of McEwen Lake
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible by west heading bush road out of the community of Hawk Junction. Drive for approximately 2 km and then take the access road to the property.
1928: staked by G. and J. Armstrong and Hubert, sampled by Parkhill gold Mines and Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. 1934-35: Atnel Gold Mines Ltd. - stripping, trenching, prospecting, 4 ddh. 1936: Erie Canadian Mines - mapping, sampling. 1937: Howey Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling. 1940's: Baird - 13 ddh. 1983: J-Q Resources - ground radiometric and EM surveys, mapping 6 ddh (362 m). 1988: Soocana Explorations Ltd. - ground geophysics, stripping, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Esquega-1 | 42C02SE0037 | 42C02SE0037 |
| ESQUEGA 31 | 42C02SE0300 | 42C02SE0300 |
| ESQUEGA 22C1 | 42C02SE0029 | 42C02SE0029 |
| ESQUEGA 27 | 42C02SE0033 | 42C02SE0033 |
| ESQUEGA 25 | 42C02SE0011 | 42C02SE0011 |
| ESQUEGA 28 | 42C02SE0034 | 42C02SE0034 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Hawk Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2900 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The property is situated close to the contact between the Michipicoten greenstone belt and the Hawk Lake intrusive complex. Gold occurs in quartz veins in silicified, carbonated and sheared diorite that has intruded the metavolcanic rocks. Quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusive intrude the diorite and are in close proximity tot he gold mineralization. shearing has occurred preferentially within the diorite close to the unsheared quarz-feldspar porphyry.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent | |
| Ultramafic Schist | 4 | Talc-Chlorite | N/A |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Veins occur within a shear zone along the contact between a quartz-feldspar porphyry and mafic metavolcanics or sheared diorite. There are at least two phases of veining, the earliest phase is composed of granular quartz and the later phase is coarse, milky quartz.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Gold values are erratically distributed throughout the veins. Gold values range from 0.33 oz/t Au over 2.7 m to 1.17 oz/t Au over .6 m. Grab samples have yielded values of 1.32 oz/t Au and 42.88 oz/t Ag. Results from diamond drilling have ranged from nil to 0.36 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 305 | 1 | 65 | 77 |
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1937, Esquega-0021-C1
Publication Number: Date: 1937
Author:
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Location: SSM RGP
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:
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1937
Publication Number: CMH 1937 Page: 22 Date: 1937
Author:
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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:
Mono - Mineral occurrence investigations in Esquega and Corbiere townships, Wawa District
Publication Number: OFR5798 Page: 21-27 Date: 1991
Author: Delisle P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files exploration report WP ESQUEGA 1 WRGO
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
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Location: SSM RGP
Book - Esquega Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP
Part - The Michipicoten-Missinaibi area
Publication Number: ARV44-08.001 Page: 19 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: 42 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: 172-173 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 73, 79 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 397-399 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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