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Record: MDI42C02SE00032

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lakemount G Vein - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-07
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Esquega

Latitude: 48° 3' 33.15"    Longitude: -84° 37' 8.69"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 677397.18   Northing: 5325623.3    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C02SE

Point Location Description: From W. B. Mather summary map in Esquega 23

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Access to the property is via the Bremner road for approximately 2 km and then via the old Lakemount Trail for approximately 2.5 km. The vein lies on the south side of the trail.



Exploration History

1938: property description.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Esquega-0030-A1 42C02SE0035 42C02SE0035
Esquega-0018 42C02SE0501 42C02SE0501
Esquega-0026 42C02SE0008 42C02SE0008
0016 42C02SE0020 42C02SE0020
Esquega-0023 42C02SE0047 42C02SE0047

Geology

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



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The property is situated close to the contact between the Michipicoten greenstone belt and the Hawk Lake intrusive complex.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry 3 Quartz-Feldspar Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The vein is described as a quartz vein situated along the contact of a quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusion and mafic metavolcanic rocks. It is possible that vein G is an extension of vein #1.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - There are no published assays for this vein.



Mineral Record Details

References

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


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 176  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: 404  Date: 1993

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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