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| Record Name(s) | Lakemount Property - 1942, Lakemount F Vein - 1938, Sunrise Lake Peridotite - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Jul-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Platinum
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 3' 47.47" Longitude: -84° 37' 34.93"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 676840.46 Northing: 5326048.58 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: South east end of Sunrise Lake
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive along the Bremner (old Wawa-Hawk Junction road) for approximately 1.7 km from the junction with hwy. 101. Walk along the trail for 2 km to Sunrise and Elbow Lake.
1926: staking by J. H. Teare (Andargo Property) 1927: R. Bond applies for lease from ACR, property becomes known as Engineers Holding Company Ltd. 1928: Engineers Holding Company Ltd. - trenching, mill test on gabbro sample. 1939: Corinth Mines Ltd. - property examination. 1940: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. - property examination. 1942-44: Lakemount Mines Ltd. - X-ray drilling, diamond drilling (15,000 ft), magnetomer survey. 1944: N. A. Timmins Ltd. - diamond drilling (22,000 ft). 1951: Kelore Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling (13, 000 ft), concentration tests on the ore. 1953: Ventures Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1956-1957: New Kelore Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling (11,750 ft), self potential survey, EM survey. 1957: Lakemount Mines Ltd. - 5 ddh (1018 ft). 1962: Algoma Ore Properties Ltd. - mapping, EM survey. 1967: Selco Exploration Company Ltd. - airborne mag and EM survey. 1978-82: Firespur Exploration Ltd. - geological mapping, EM and mag surveys, diamond drilling (10 holes, 3386 ft). 1989-91: Firesand Resources Ltd. - prospecting, stripping, mapping, sampling, ground geophysics, diamond drilling (5 holes). 2003-04: Platinum Group Metals Ltd. -23 ddh (4763 m, AEM, AMag, UTEM, modelling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Esquega-0026 | 42C02SE0008 | 42C02SE0008 |
| Esquega-0023 | 42C02SE0047 | 42C02SE0047 |
| Esquega-0030-A1 | 42C02SE0035 | 42C02SE0035 |
| Esquega-0020-A1 | 42C02SE0006 | 42C02SE0006 |
| 0016 | 42C02SE0020 | 42C02SE0020 |
| Esquega-0017 | 42C02SE0049 | 42C02SE0049 |
| Esquega-0018 | 42C02SE0501 | 42C02SE0501 |
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
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Sunrise Lake peridotie has a north of west striking long axis of approximately 2700 m and a maximum width of approximately 700 m. The western end of the intrusion appears to cut the lower part of the intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rock section that forms the upper part of the 2900 Ma volcanic cycle, but does not appear to completely cut through the cycle into the base of the overlying 2750 Ma cycle. A strike-slip fault along the upper surface of the 2900 Ma cycle may have tectonically displaced any extension of this intrusion into the base of the next cycle.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Komatiite | Adjacent | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The intrusion cross cuts calc-alcanic intermediate to felsic metavolcanic rocks. It is one of the most intensely metamorphosed intrusions in the greenstone belt and is considered to be the oldest intrusion in the area. The intrusive has a basal peridotite zone grading upwards into coarse grained pyroxenite in the central part of the intrusion an possibly up to pyroxene gabbro at upper levels. Felsic flows intercalated wit thin metasedimetary horizons are found in close proximity to the Lakemount Zone and south of Elbow Lake.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples taken by the OGS returned values of 8520 ppm Cu, 8700 ppm Ni and 390 ppb Pt, and 5220 ppm Cu, 8300 ppm Ni and 410 ppb Pt. Best results from 2003 drilling returned 0.315 g/t Pt, 0.204 g/t Pd, 0.036 g/t Au, 0.32% Cu and 0.38% Ni over 4 m in LK-03-05, and 0.511 g/t Pt, 0.288 g/t Pd, 0.133 g/t Au 0.67% Cu and 0.74% Ni over 5.5 m in LK-03-06. Drill hole LK-04-20 returned 1.0% Ni, 0.38% Cu and 0.59 PGE over 5 m.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2700 | 700 | 304 | 280 | 43 | 2900 MA | OFR 5888 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakemount F Zone | 1968 | Unclassified | 2267962 | OFR 5888 P. 276-277 | 2.5 million tons @ 0.35% Cu and 0.55% Ni | Copper .35 Percent, Nickel .55 Percent |
File - Resident Geologist files WP Esquega-8, WP Esquega.23, WP Nebonaoinquet.2
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrence investigations in Esquega and Corbiere townships, Wawa District
Publication Number: OFR5798 Page: 73-86 Date: 1991
Author: Delisle P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
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:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
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 - Appendix, Lakemount property, Township 28 [Esquega Township], Range 24
Publication Number: ARV55-04.002 Page: 119-121 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 81 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 175-176 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Wawa Missanabie Area - Unpublished Report
Publication Number: Page: 157 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: 109-111,404-408 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Michipicoten Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR5888 Page: 73-74 Date: 1994
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Platinum Group Metals Ltd.
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 2003
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Technical Report on the Lakemount Property
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2004
Author: Wagner, D.W.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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