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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  28-May-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name ESARY LAKE Mining Division Alberni, Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092F037
Status Showing NTS Map 092F07E, 092F07W
Latitude 049º 19' 29'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 45' 25'' Northing 5465039
Easting 372333
Commodities Iron Deposit Types G01 : Algoma-type iron-formation
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Esary Lake occurrence is located south west of Horn Lake, approximately 1.3 kilometres east of Esary Lake.

The area is underlain by north west trending volcanic-volcaniclastic-sedimentary rocks of the Devonian Sicker and the Mississippian to Permian Buttle Lake groups are bounded by younger mafic volcanics of the Vancouver Group and sediments of the Nanaimo Group. The Sicker Group stratigraphy is very complex with numerous intercalations and rapid lateral facies changes. The rocks are commonly schistose with associated carbonate and silica alteration in the vicinity of faults.

The showing occurs in a chemical sedimentary unit probably within the Devonian Duck Lake Formation, which forms the base of the Sicker Group. The sedimentary rocks include grey to green chert and lenses of pale red jasperoidal chert (taconite). The deposit is reported to be larger than the Lacy Lake (092F 245) or Cameron River (092F 246) jasper deposits which have widths up to 30 metres and lengths up to 150 metres. The deposit is described as an iron rich chert.

In 1985, Reward Resources completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical sampling on the area as the Horne 2-4 claims. In 1986. Lode Resources explored the area as the Esary 1 claim. A program of rock and soil geochemical sampling, geological mapping and a ground electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical surveys were completed. In 2005, the area was prospected by D.J. McLelland.

Bibliography
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EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 81-91; 1988, pp. 61-74
EMPR OF 1989-6
EMPR PF (*Laanela, H. (1966): Report, Gunnex Ltd., occurrence #32)
GSC MAP 17-1968; 49-1963; 1386A
GSC OF 463; 1272
GSC P 68-50, p. 38; 72-44; 79-30
Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island With
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Sutherland Brown, A., (1988): Mineral Resources of the Alberni
Region, EMPR, British Columbia Geoscience Research Program
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EMPR PFD 826207

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