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| Record Name(s) | Lakemount #1 Vein - 1991, Andargo Occurrence - 1926, Engineers Holding Company - 1928, Bond Location - 1927, Corinth Mines - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 3' .39" Longitude: -84° 37' 8.9"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677424 Northing: 5324612 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Site is located ~14.1km from Wawa. Hwy.101 is taken for 13.8km to the Hawk Junction tote road which is taken for another 175m to a trail. The trail is traversed on foot for 150m to the north of tote road to the shaft. The shaft is located 40m west of an open beaver pond.
1926: prospect discovered by A. McCreight. 1928: Engineers Holding Co. Ltd - trenching, blasting, channel sampling. 1943: Corinth Mines concluded option agreement with Lakemount Mines Ltd - 3 ddh. 1960: Lakemount Mines Ltd. - geological survey, 2 ddh. 1968: Lakemount Mines options property to Shield Developement Ltd. - ground geophysical survey. 1979-80: Firespur Explorations Ltd. - ground mag/EM survey, geological mapping, channel sampling, 1 ddh. 1990: Firespur Explorations Ltd. - stripping, sampling, detailed mapping. 1989-91: Firesand Resources Ltd. - stripping, channel sampling, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Esquega -0016 | 42C02SE0020 | 42C02SE0020 |
| Esquega -0018 | 42C02SE0501 | 42C02SE0501 |
| Esquega -0026 | 42C02SE0008 | 42C02SE0008 |
| Esquega- 0023 | 42C02SE0047 | 42C02SE0047 |
| WP Esquega.23 | NA | NA |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Hawk Lake
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.9 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted within the cycle one volcanic rocks of the Hawk Assemblage. Mafic metavolcanic rocks of this cycle are basaltic and peridotitic komatiites. Intermediate to felsic metavolcanics are less well represented and consist of a variety of crystal and lapilli tuffs and rare polymicitic to oligomictic breccias. The occurrence appears to lie either adjacent to or within the Wawa-Hawk Lake fault.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate flow breccia | 1 | Breccia | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 2 | Quartz Feldspar | Host | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Calcite | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Quartz-calcite veins are hosted by intermediate to felsic breccia. The rocks are intruded by quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes and sills presumably related to the intrusion of the nearby Hawk Lake granite body. All lithologies are cross cut by NW trending diabase dikes.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - Assays in 1928 - 0.54 oz. Au/ton and 13.2 % Cu from chip sample. In 1959 the best assay was 0.54 oz./t Au and 13.2% Cu over 15 ft. Assay from drill core (1980) 0.01 opt Au, 0.06 - 0.08 opt Ag and 0.012 - 0.18% Cu over 12 feet. Grab sample by OGS 1982 - 2.51% Cu, 400 ppm Zn, 0.02 opt Au and 0.66 opt Ag. Assays from massive sulphide pods returned values up to 4.2% Zn, 2.38% Pb and 0.81% Cu (OFR5798). Assays of the original Andargo occurence returned values of 2.38% - 14.25% Cu, 1.49%-13.29% Pb, 0.61% - 5.18% Zn and 0.06-0.09 oz/t Au. Gold values up to 0.20 oz./t (6.9 g/t Au) were reported by Firesand Resources in 1990. The gold values appear to increase to the west where the system appears to have been overturned. Cu values up to 4.88% are associated with this zone; Zn values up to 6.68%, Pb values up to 8.46% (Firesand Resources).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Sheared |
| 1 | Stockwork |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 180 | 2.5 | 35 | 45 |
Date: Feb 05, 1999
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The vein is discontinuously exposed throughout the stripped area. The area farthest north has more prominent massive sulphide pods and lenses along its length. Unlikely to be two separate veins, may be the same vein slightly offset along a narrow shear about half way up the stripped area. Northern part offset 5m or less to the east. Grab samples taken in summer of 1998 returned no significant assays.
Date: Jan 27, 2005
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: Mineralization occurs over widths of up to 6.3 m and appears as two parallel zones 10-15 m apart. These zones have been intermittently traced over 270 m. Higher grade values occur at intersections of crosscutting shears.
File - Resident Geologist file WP Esquega.23
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGP office
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: 45-53 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 - Manitouwadge-Wawa sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane, Sudbury and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2220 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G., Giblin P.E., Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Wolfe W.J., Giguere J.F., Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Esquega Township (unpublished GDIF)
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGO
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 142, 177 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: 402-403 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Michipicoten gold area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV36-02.001 Page: 45-46 Date: 1998
Author: Gledhill T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Gold Occurrences of Ontario East of Lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192
Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 82 Date: 1936
Author: Kindle, E.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 43 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 56 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Technical Report on the Lakemount Property, p. 34-37
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2004
Author: D. W. Wagner
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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