MARTIN, L., STEWART, R.
Abstract
The 1999 field program has provided a more detailed geological understanding of the property, bringing together the surface geology, geochimical date and drill hole databases. The favourable felsic volcanic rocks of the Waconichi Formation extend across the property for a distance of more than 12 kilometres. Several slightly discordant crosscutting felsic and mafic intrusive rocks intrude these felsic volcanic rocks. The hydrothermal alteration observed on the property is strong and widespread, extending within the felsic volcanic package for a distance of 12 km. Due to the large area covered by this alteration, more than one hydrothermal source or vent may be present within the limits of the property. Many of these altered areas are associated with significant pathfinder elements typical of basemetal and gold deposits. The most significant sulphide showings found to host base metal mineralization, as identified from mapping this summer, are located within a 750 m radius in the eastern block of the property. These include the altered rhyolites at the base of the Waconichi Formation, the Border Zone in the area of Rusty Ridge and Gold Hill showing. Additional sulphide deposits along the Lemoine Mine horizon as well as stacked sulphide lenses, such as the Lower Zinc Zone, may exist elsewhere on the property. The DeepEM survey, which was completed over a large portion of the favourable felsic volcanic stratigraphy, has identified 7 conductors, 3 of which are classified as strong. The most significant of these DeepEm conductors is located along strike of the sulphide mineralization identified on surface at Rusty Ridge, and is relatively untested over its strike length of 2.2 km.
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