Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42C02SE00122
Record Name(s) | Hawk Lake Occurrence - 1968 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Township or Area: Esquega
Latitude: 48° 3' 28.14" Longitude: -84° 36' 29.69"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 678209.15 Northing: 5325493.98 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Mo occurrence on Amax sketch map
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is situated just north of the Bremner Road. It can be accessed by road from hwy 101 for approximately 2 km and then by following the Lakemount trail for approximately 1 km. The vein is located on the south side of the trail on the side of a hill.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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Esquega 0023 | 42C02SE0047 | 42C02SE0047 |
ESQUEGA26 | 42C02SE0008 | 42C02SE0008 |
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
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 1 | Quartz-Felspar | Adjacent |
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Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence reportedly consists of small crystals of molybdenite and chalcopyrite in quartz stringers in a porphyry or porphyritic rhyolite. It is possble that this is one of the many quartz veins associated with the Lakemount intrusion.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
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
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Book - Esquega Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
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Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 180-181 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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