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| Record Name(s) | Atnel-Blacksmith Vein - 1928, Ac 2369 - 1928 |
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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-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 5' 25.15" Longitude: -84° 36' 38.69"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677910.64 Northing: 5329100.28 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Stripping on south east end of McEwen Lake
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessed via bush road heading west from the community of Hawk Junction. Follow the road for 2 km and then follow the north bush road to the property.
1928:discovery by Armstrong and Hubert. 1934-35: Atnel Mines Ltd. - prospecting and trenching. 1936: Sylvanite Gold Mines - sampling. 1982-83: J-Q Resources - ground EM and radiometric surveys, geological mapping. 1988: Soocana Exploration Ltd. - ground magnetic and geological surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| ESQUEGA 27 | 42C02SE0033 | 42C02SE0033 |
| ESQUEGA 22C1 | 42C02SE0029 | 42C02SE0029 |
| ESQUEGA 31 | 42C02SE0300 | 42C02SE0300 |
| WP Esquega-1 | 42C02SE0037 | 42C02SE0037 |
| ESQUEGA 25 | 42C02SE0011 | 42C02SE0011 |
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 located close to the contact between the Michipicoten greenstone belt and the Hawk Lake intrusive complex.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic Schist | 2 | Talc-Chlorite | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of quartz-calcite veinlets at the sheared contact between a massive quartz-feldspar porphyry and an intermediate to felsic metavolcanic sequence.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from grab samples taken by the OGS in 1991 was 0.77 oz/t Au from the wall rock. The quartz vein assayed 440 ppb Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 190 | 1.5 | 75 |
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:
Mono - Mineral occurrence investigations in Esquega and Corbiere townships, Wawa District
Publication Number: OFR5798 Page: 28-32 Date: 1991
Author: Delisle P.C.
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: 181 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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