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Record: MDI42C02SE00125

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bremner Lake Occurrence - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-29
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Esquega

Latitude: 48° 2' 55.15"    Longitude: -84° 37' 16.71"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 677267.42   Northing: 5324445.08    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42C02SE

Point Location Description: Quartz vein in stripped area north of Bremner Road

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The vein is one of several exposed in the stripped area north of the junction between hwy 101 and the Bremner road. Drive along the Bremner road for approximately 500 m and then traverse north to the vein.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
ESQUEGA26 42C02SE0008 42C02SE0008
Esquega 0023 42C02SE0047 42C02SE0047

Geology

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



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry 2 Quartz-Felspar Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of crystal of molybdenite and chalcopyrite in quartz stringers in a porphyry or popphyritic rhyolite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MolybdeniteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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:


Book - Esquega Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base

Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 181-182  Date: 1991

Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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