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MDI42C02SE00114
| Record Name(s) | Bukell Copper Showing - 1943, AC 4535 - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 4' 4.15" Longitude: -84° 36' 15.71"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 678463.91 Northing: 5326614.58 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Veins adjacent to diabase dike
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Follow the Bremner Road (old Wawa-Hawk Junction road) for approximately 1.7 km from the junction of 101. Follow the Lakemount trail for approximately 1.5 km. The vein is situated close to a small pond on the north side of the trail.
?: discovery by B. Soulier and later held by J. Bukell, trenching and prospecting. 1943: Lakemount Mines Ltd. - sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| ESQUEGA 13A1 | 42C02SE0016 | 42C02SE0016 |
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 occurrence lies close to the contact between the Michipicoten greenstone belt and the Hawk Lake granitic complex.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent | |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a sheared and fractured quartz feldspar porphyry and mafic metavolcanic contact. The occurrence is proximal to a moderately chloritized diabase dike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Assays reported in 1943 were 2.69% Cu over 22 feet. The best assay collected from the quartz vein by the OGS was 2.6% Cu. A grab sample from the quartz-feldspar porphyry returned up to 5280 ppm Cu.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 125 | 15 |
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: 40-44 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:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 173 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: 401 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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