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| Record Name(s) | Blacksmith Prospect - 1930, Blacksmith Vein - 1930, Claim Ac 2303 - 1930 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 5' 34.14" Longitude: -84° 35' 31.7"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 679287.53 Northing: 5329421.15 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Trenches/stripping on SE shore of Reed Lake
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessed via bush road from Hawk Junction.
1928: discovery by R. H. Reed. 1934: Atnel Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling. 1936: Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. - channel sampling, mapping. 1983-84: J - Q. Resources Ltd. - geophysical surveys, channel sampling, 1 ddh. 1988: Soocana Exploration Ltd. - mapping, magnetometer survey, stripping, channel sampling, 20 ddh.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Esquega-1 | 42C02SE0037 | 42C02SE0037 |
| ESQUEGA 27 | 42C02SE0033 | 42C02SE0033 |
| ESQUEGA 23 | 42C02SE0047 | 42C02SE0047 |
| ESQUEGA 31 | 42C02SE0300 | 42C02SE0300 |
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 occurrence lies close to the southern contact between the Michipicoten greenstone belt and the Hawk Lake intrusive complex. Gold mineralization is associated with quartz veins and stringer wining ENE trending shears. the shears are highly deformed and display a silicified, ankeritized and sericitized core flanked by strongly carbonated wall rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Porphyry | Adjacent | |
| Intermediate Tuff | 3 | Tuff, Sheared | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein occurs in felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks and gabbroic rocks that have been extensively sheared. The porphyry is coarse grained and is closely associated with the highest gold values in the vein system.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Chip samples taken in 1930 returned values of 0.37 oz/t Au. The best results from diamond drilling in 1983 returned values of 0.16 oz/t Au over 1.7 m. The best channel sample in 1988 returned 0.416 oz/t Au over .5 m and a drill intersection of 0.312 oz/t Au over 2.51m was obtained.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 60 | 3 | 70 | 50 |
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:
Mono - Mineral occurrence investigations in Esquega and Corbiere townships, Wawa District
Publication Number: OFR5798 Page: 33-39 Date: 1991
Author: Delisle P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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 - Esquega Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Part - Goudreau and Michipicoten gold areas, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV40-04.001 Page: 41 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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 - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 172 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Page: 400 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 21-22 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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