Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Lakemount J Vein - 1938, Old Lead Pit - 1938 |
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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: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 3' .14" Longitude: -84° 37' 8.69"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 677428.66 Northing: 5324604.53 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: py, copper occurrence on P2440
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Follow the Bremner Road from highway 101 for approximately 500m. The vein is accessed by walking up and over the stripped outcrops on the north-west side of the road.
?: discovery by B. Soulier. 1939: property examination. 1968:Shield Development Ltd. - ground EM survey. 1979-80: Firespur Exploration - ground mag and EM surveys, mapping. 1989-91:Firesand Resources Ltd. - stripping, mapping, sampling basal till survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Esquega-0023 | 42C02SE0047 | 42C02SE0047 |
| Esquega-0026 | 42C02SE0008 | 42C02SE0008 |
| Esquega-0016 | 42C02SE0020 | 42C02SE0020 |
| 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.: OFR5888
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 | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Felsic To Intermdediate | Tuff | Adjacent |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a silicified shear zone at the contact between a quartz-feldspar porphyry and felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 26, 2016 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1980 returned values ranging from 318 to 5200 ppm Cu and 166 to 212 ppm Zn. Samples collected in 1990 yielded 1.06% Zn, 3050 ppm Cu and 0.291 oz/t Ag. Samples collected by Firesand Resources returned best assays of: 8% Zn, 12%Pb and 0.79 oz/t Ag over 3 ft; 11.0% Zn, 0.52% Pb and 2.18 g/t Ag from a grab sample and 10.8% Zn, 1.35% Pb and 5.07 oz./t Ag over 3 ft. Chip samples collected by the OGS in 1990 returned values up to 7.6% Zn, 10.40% Pb and 25.0 g/t Ag over1 m and 10.8% Zn, 1.35% Cu, 173.81 g/t Au over 1 m.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 1 | 180 | 85 |
Date: Jan 27, 2005
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The zone consists of a pod of mineralization at the intersectIon of the main shear and an ENE trending shear.
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: 87-92 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: unpublished
Location: Timmins RGO
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 177-178 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: 404-405 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Technical Report on the Lakemount Property, p. 37
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2004
Author: D. W. Wagner
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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