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Pros for Gold in the Huronian Op 92-001 Scadding 41lieNE8118 2.14829 SCADDING 010 RECEIVED OP 92-001 JAN l 2 19S3 R.J. GRAHAM PROSPECTING FOR GOLD IN THE HURONIAN FINING LANDS SECTION SCADDING TOWNSHIP SUDBURY MINING DIVISION, ONTARIO RESULTS OF THE 1992 WORK NTS 411/10 Lat. 46* 40© N Long.80* 40© E R.J. Graham, Prospector 979 Leask Ave. North Bay, Ontario P1A 1V3 Tel. (705) 472-1383. NOVEMBER 6 , 1 992 4ineNEeii8 a.M829 SCADDING PAGE NO SUMMARY l INTRODUCTION 2 LOCATION AND ACCESS TO PROJECT AREA 3 REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL 4 GEOLOGY OF THE PROJECT AREA 5 PREVIOUS WORK BY THE UNDERSIGNED 7 PROJECT WORK AND RESULTS IN 1992 8 OPAP FINAL SUBMISSION FORMS 12 PROSPECTING DAILY LOG 15 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1 8 PLANS FOR WORK IN 1993 19 REFERENCES 20 ADDENDUM 21-32 1. DATA RE: "GOLDSPEAR"; VLF EM-16; MAGNETOMETER; SELF POTENTIAL. 2.MAPS OF ABOVE SURVEYS. SUMMARY DURING THE PERIOD MAY 26- NOVEMBER 6 , 1992, THE UNDERSIGNED CARRIED OUT 61 DAYS OF FIELD WORK AND 5 DAYS OF DRAUGHTING AND REPORT WRITING ON OPAP 92-001 SCADDING TOWNSHIP PROJECT. 8 MILES OF LINECUTTING WAS COMPLETED AND COVERED BY SELF- POTENTIAL, PROTON MAGNETOMETER, VLF EM-16 SURVEYS, AND GOLD SPEAR PROBING THROUGH EXTENSIVE COVER. 15 EXCELLENT SELF-POTENTIAL OXIDISING SULPHIDE ANOMALIES WERE FOUND, 5 OF WHICH WERE MUCH STRONGER THAN THE ANOMALY CAUSED BY THE SCADDING GOLD MINE DEPOSIT IN A TEST TRAVERSE CARRIED OUT BY THE UNDERSIGNED. STRONG GOLD INDICATIONS WERE FOUND IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF SEVERAL OF THE ANOMALIES {AND ELSEWHERE) BY THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC GOLDSPEAR, AND WARRANT OPTIMISM FOR GOLD DISCOVERIES. THE PROTON MAGNETOMETER SURVEY SHOWED LITTLE MAGNETIC RELIEF, BUT THE VLF EM-16 SURVEY DETECTED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS OF MERIT. PLANS FOR WORK IN 1993 WILL INCLUDE EXAMINATION OF ALL SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES TO EXPLAIN THEIR ORIGIN AND ASSESS THEIR ECONOMIC POTENTIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR ASSOCIATED GOLD. INTRODUCTION BASED ON DRESSLER©S "SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION" IN OGS REPORT 213, 1982, Pil8 REGARDING HIS IDEAS FOR GOLD EXPLORATION IN THE HURONIAN, THE UNDERSIGNED CARRIED OUT A SUCCESSFUL GOLD EXPLORATION PROGRAM IN WEST-CENTRAL SCADDING TOWNSHIP IN 1990. THIS RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF FOUR NEW GOLD SHOWINGS, WITH ASSAYS TO 0.46 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON. FAILURE TO OBTAIN AN OPAP GRANT IN 1991 CAUSED A POSTPONEMENT OF EXPLORATION PLANS BY THE WRITER UNTIL 1992, WHEN A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CARRY OUT LINECUTTING AND EXTENSIVE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING OVER THE 96 HECTARE AREA WHICH IS LARGELY DRIFT COVERED. ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY MAP R 1512 MINERAL DEPOSITS SERIES Scale: 1:250,000 2 M 6 10 l? Miles Mclies 5000 10 Kilometres 500 TOWNSHIP V( 2*^W T^T.'— MMUM M*IW ; ?Fif\' •9TT5''1* /•'*JV,"*., t,* i. 10 O 10 20 W 40 SO (O TD Chafcra ClMtM SCADDING SOO O 1000 MOO 3000 4000 MOO M.N.R,ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT SUDBURY SCALE 1:20 000 MINING DIVISION LOCATION AND ACCESS TO PROJECT AREA THE OPAP 92-001 PROJECT AREA WAS IN WEST CENTRAL SCADDING TOWNSHIP. (SEE LOCATION MAP ATTACHED). ACCESS WAS VIA HIGHWAY 17W. FROM NORTH BAY TO THE VILLAGE OF AWREY (ABOUT 25 MILES E OF SUDBURY) WHERE THE KUKAGAMI GRAVEL ROAD BRANCHES NORTH PAST THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE FORMER "SCADDING GOLD MINE" TO A GRAVEL BUSH ROAD WEST TO THE HYDRO DAM AT THE OUTLET TO LAKE WANAPITEI AT ITS SOUTH END. ONGOING REPAIRS TO THE DAM AND ROUTINE WORK BY THE HYDRO HAVE NECESSITATED THE UPGRADING OF THE BUSH ROAD. IT WILL BE NOTED HERE THAT THE HYDRO HAS ESTABLISHED A STEEL GATE AND LOCK ON THE ROAD. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS A KEY, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL AN EAST TRENDING BELT OF HURONIAN SEDIMENTS DERIVED FROM THE WEATHERING AND EROSION OF KEEWATIN VOLCANICS AND OTHER MINERALIZED ROCKS ARE INTRUDED BY NIPISSING DIABASE AS UNDULATING SILL-LIKE BODIES WITH LOCAL GRANOPHYRIC PHASES. SODA METASOMATISM IS EXTENSIVE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS DIATREME BRECCIA ZONES WHICH HAVE CONCENTRATED MINERALS PRESENT IN THE HURONIAN AS RELIC BASE/PRECIOUS PALEOPLACERS. THE LAKE WANAPITEI METEOR IMPACT CRATER DOMINATES THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY CHARACTERISTIC FRACTURES. TO THE WEST LIES THE SUDBURY NICKEL CAMP, WHILE TO THE NORTH EAST IS THE HUGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY IN THE BASEMENT VOLCANICS, COVERED BY THOUSANDS OF FEET OF HURONIAN SEDIMENTS. TO DATE, PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION BY DEEP DRILLING HAS NOT LOCATED THE SOURCE OF THIS INTRIGUING ANOMALY WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THAT OVER THE KNOWN SUDBURY MINING AREA. THE DIATREME BRECCIAS ARE OFTEN CEMENTED BY A NETWORK OF MINERALIZED VUGGY QUARTZ, LOCALLY WITH SIGNIFICANT GOLD VALUES. MINE PRODUCTION AT THE GROUNDSTAR PROPERTY IN DAVIS TOWNSHIP WAS 10,600 OZ GOLD AND 990,000 LBS OF COPPER FROM 63,000 TONS. THE SCADDING GOLD MINE IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE UNDERSIGNED©S OPAP PROJECT AREA PRODUCED 15,300 OZ OF GOLD FROM108,700 TONS OF ORE. THESE FACTS, TOGETHER WITH THE GOLD SHOWINGS FOUND BY THE WRITER DURING OPAP 90-504 SUGGEST THAT OTHER GOLD DEPOSITS REMAIN T5 BE DISCOVERED IN THE HURONIAN UNDER THE EXTENSIVE W BUT SHALLOW OVERBURDEN COVER. WITH THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURES AND SKILLED LABOUR AVAILABLE THIS MAKES THE PROJECT AN INTRIGUING EXPLORATION TARGET. GEOLOGY OF THE PROJECT AREA THE PROJECT AREA IS EXTENSIVELY COVERED BY PEAT AND MUCK OVERLYING A GENERALLY SANDY OUTWASH FROM TORRENTIAL GLACIAL MELTWATER POURING FROM THE EAST INTO LAKE WANAPITEI. THIS COVER PRECLUDES DETAILED GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION AS OUTCROPS ARE SCATTERED AND IN RIDGES. LOCAL RELIEF RANGES TO 30 FEET, AND VISIBLE BEDROCK CONSISTS OF BRUCE CONGLOMERATE AND GREWACKE, ESPANOLA FORMATION CALCAREOUS MUDSTONES AND GREWACKE INTRUDED BY NIPISSING DIABASE. THE NIPISSING DIABASE CONSISTS OF UNDULATING SILLS SUBDIVIDED INTO A NUMBER OF PHASES RELATED TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE INTRUSION. ARCHES TEND TO HAVE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF SILIC VARIETIES THAN BASINS, AND GRANOPHYRIC, PEGMATOIDAL AND APLITIC TYPES ARE PRESENT. THE BRECCIATED AND PYRITIC HURONIAN SEDIMENTS SEEN ON THE PROJECT AREA ARE BELIEVED BY THE UNDERSIGNED TO BE POTENTIAL GOLD AND BASE METAL TRAPS CREATED BY THE INTRUSION OF THE NIPISSING DIABASE AND DIATREME BRECCIAS NEAR AND ALONG MAJOR FAULTS. THE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED SODA METASOMATISM APPEARS TO BE MOST INTENSE WHERE THERE ARE SULPHIDE CONCEN TRATIONS, AND PROVIDE A BRIGHT ORANGE VISUAL TARGET ON THE PROJECT AREA AND ALSO IN THE VICINITY OF THE SCADDING GOLD MINE NEARBY. QUARTZ VEINS AND STOCKWORKS CARRYING GOLD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY THE UNDERSIGNED DURING THE OPAP 1990 EXPLORATION. THE GEOPHYSICAL APPROACH IN 1992 WAS DESIGNED TO LOCATE INTERESTING TARGETS BENEATH THE DRIFT COVER, AND HAS BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL. (SEE "PROJECT WORK AND RESULTS IN 1992). PREVIOUS WORK BY THE UNDERSIGNED WORK BY THE WRITER IN 1990 INCLUDED PROSPECTING, SAMPLING AND USE OF THE ELECTRONIC "GOLDSPEAR". FOUR NEW GOLD SHOWINGS WERE DISCOVERED, WITH GRAB SAMPLES TO 0.46 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON, AND THE SITE OF AN ANCIENT GOLD MILL WAS FOUND ON THE EDGE OF THE WANAPITEI RIVER JUST BELOW THE HYDRO DAM. FOR DETAILS THE READER IS REFERRED TO OPAP 90-504 FILED IN SUDBURY. THE UNDERSIGNED CONCLUDED AT THAT TIME THAT BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE COVER, A SERIES OF GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, INCLUDING "SELF-POTENTIAL" WOULD BE THE MOST USEFUL TOOLS TO USE IN THE NEXT PHASE OF EXPLORATION. PROJECT WORK AND RESULTS IN 1992 8 MILES OF LINECUTTING WITH SELF-POTENTIAL, PROTON MAGNETOMETER, VLF EM-16 SURVEYS AND GOLDSPEAR GRID PROBING WERE CARRIED OUT IN 61 DAYS OF FIELD WORK DURING THE PERIOD MAY 26 - OCTOBER 29 1992 BY THE UNDERSIGNED. THE LINECUTTING RANGED FROM 100© TO 400© SPACING FROM AN E-W BASELINE, AND IS SHOWN ON THE PLANS AT THE BACK OF THE REPORT. THE SELF-POTENTIAL SURVEY DISCOVERED 15 STRONGLY DOSITIVE ANOMALIES CHARACTERISTICALLY DUE TO OXIDISING SULPHIDES. READINGS ARE IN MILLIVOLTS, USING A 100© LONG CABLE AND A DIGITAL MULTIMETER.(SEE SELF-POTENTIAL GEOPHYSICAL METHOD AT BACK). THE ATTACHED CONTOUR MAP CLEARLY SHOWS THE ANOMALIES "A" THROUGH "O". POSITIVE (ANOMALOUS) VALUES RANGED UP TO 145.4 MILLIVOLTS COMPARED TO A PEAK VALUE OF 46.8 MV. IN A TEST TRAVERSE MADE BY THE UNDERSIGNED ACROSS THE EAST END OF THE SCADDING GOLD MINE LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PROJECT AREA, AND IN THE SAME GEOLOGICAL SETTING. ANOMALIES "D" (63.3MV), "I" (45.4MV), "K" (48.5MV);, "L" (145.4), AND"0" (56.5MV) ARE OF PRIME INTEREST. ANOMALY "D" IS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF A PARTLY STRIPPED AND TRENCHED PYRITIC DIATREME BRECCIA WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ STOCKWORKS AND A 4© QUARTZ VEIN, THE SOURCE OF ORE FEED FOR A PRIMITIVE GOLD MILL AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, RUINS FOUND JUST SOUTH OF THE DAM ON THE EDGE OF THE RIVER. 10 GOLD VALUES TO 0.30 OZ PER TON WERE OBTAINED BY THE UNDERSIGNED FROM THE OLD OPEN PITS IN 1990 {SEE OP90-504). ALL THE OTHER ANOMALIES ARE DRIFT COVERED, AND REQUIRE FURTHER WORK, PLANNED FOR 1993 IF AN OPAP GRANT IS RECIEVED. THE PROTON MAGNETOMETER SURVEY (SEE PLAN AT BACK) SHOWED LITTLE MAGNETIC RELIEF AS THE NIPISSING DIABASE IS NOT MAGNETIC, NEITHER ARE THE HURONIAN SEDIMENTS, AND ONLY RARE TRACES OF PYRRHOTITE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE SCATTERED OUTCROPS. THE VLF EM-l6 SURVEY LOCATED 6 ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS OF INTEREST, "A" THROUGH "F" ON THE MAP AT THE BACK. VLF EM-l6 ANOMALY "A" LIES JUST NORTH OF SP ANOMALY "B" ON LINE 8E. REQUIRES FURTHER EXAMINATION AT BEDROCK. VLF EM-16 ANOMALY "B" IS STRONG ON LINES IE AND 2E, FLANKING THE 1 CONTOUR OF THE SE PART OF SP ANOMALY "D". TO BE CHECKED AT BEDROCK. VLF EM16 ANOMALY "C" IS STRONG, AND LIES BETWEEN SP ANOMALIES "G" AND "H".
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