FIFTH YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT ON LICENCE 15809M. GEOCHEMISTRY and PROSPECTING. on the ENGLISH RIDGE PROPERTY, NTS 1N/06

Transcription

1

2

3 FIFTH YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT ON LICENCE 15809M of GEOCHEMISTRY and PROSPECTING on the ENGLISH RIDGE PROPERTY, NTS 1N/06 MARYSVALE, CONCEPTION BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND Submitted by (License Holder) JASON WHITE Work Conducted: May 2009 Total Expenditures: $ Total Claims: 5 total Date: June 14th,

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. PROPERTY LOCATION AND ACCESS 3 3. CLAIM STATUS 3 4. HISTORY AND PREVIOUS WORK 3 5. REGIONAL AND LOCAL GEOLOGY 5 6. EXPLORATION PROGRAM CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 APPENDICES APPENDIX I LIST OF EXPENDITURES 8 APPENDIX II LIST OF PERSONAL 8 APPENDIX III GEOCHEMICAL RESULTS 9 APPENDIX IV REFERENCES 12 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. PROPERTY LOCATION MAP 4 FIGURE 2. CLAIM LOCATION MAP 4 FIGURE 3. SAMPLE LOCATION MAP 6 2

5 1. INTRODUCTION This report encompasses the exploration activities on the English Ridge Property in the area of the sedimentary unit to the south west of the main basalt hosted copper prospect during May Yours Truly Jason D. White June 14th, PROPERTY LOCATION AND ACCESS The property is located on the west side of Colliers Bay, Conception Bay (Figure1) with road access from the towns of Marysvale and Colliers (Figure 2). The northeast corner having the U.T.M. Coordinates of 5,262,500 N, 333,500 E of Zone 22, NTS 1N/06, NAD 27. Access to the property can be obtained from Route 60, local community roads by boat from Colliers Bay.(Figure 2). 3. CLAIM STATUS The English Ridge Property consists of 5 claims in mineral license 15809M, replacing mineral licence 10598M, staked in HISTORY AND PREVIOUS WORK 1842 Jukes records an unconformity of the Cambrian & Precambrian rocks of the Avalon Peninsula (Jukes, 1842) 1850's 10m adit driven at sea level in English Cove; an open cut and shaft at Crows Gulch; 30m shaft sunk at Colliers River; and 55m shaft had been sunk at Turks Gut. (Martin,1980) 1919 Buddington describes the Marysvale Fault (Buddington,1919 page 455) 1957 McCartney maps the Holyrood area for the Geological Survey of Canada (McCartney, 1957) 1967 McCartney produces Memoir 341 and map of the Holyrood & Whitborne areas for the Geological Survey of Canada, locally describes the Mn occurrences and maps the geology of the local area of Colliers Bay. (McCartney, 1967) 1980's An Honor's student studies the paleo magnetism of the conglomerate and flow top breccia in the Marysvale area with results indicating an intrusive body. (Hodych,2007) 1990's O'Brien studies the 1N/06 and 1N/07 areas, bounded by the Topsail Fault to the east and the Marysvale Fault to the West and comments on the copper occurrences, including a newly discovered algal sedimentary copper in the area. (O'Brien,1996; O'Brien,2002) 1996 Morgan studies English Cove area as part of thesis for Honors degree in geology (Morgan,1996) Wilton writes report for Copper Hill and describes a disseminated copper occurrence near the English Cove adit, assays were reported grading up to 33.4% Cu and 7.9 oz/t Ag from grab samples and a 10m vein chip sample grading 1.45% Cu and 0.83 oz/t Ag (Wilton,1998). 3

6 4

7 5. REGIONAL AND LOCAL GEOLOGY The English Ridge property is part of the Avalon Zone of Eastern Newfoundland. This zone occupies the northern most portion of the Appalachian Avalonian Belt, a succession of late Proterozoic age volcanic, plutonic and volcanic sedimentary rocks, extending from the Avalon Peninsula, through the Atlantic provinces to the Carolinas and Northern Georgia, a distance of 3000 km (Williams, 1979). Regional Geology The region is mapped by King as (King,1988): Adeyton Group: Chamberlains Brook formation: green and red shale or slate and thin limestone beds; manganiferous bed near base; spilitic cherty pillow lava. Brigus Formation: red, pink and green shale or slate and thin limestone beds; basal conglomerate where formation rests directly on Precambrian rocks. Harbour Main Group: member Hhb: Green to purple basaltic flows and pyroclastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rocks and gabbro Conception Group: Drook Formation: green siliceous siltstone and sandstone; silicified tuff. West of the Marysvale fault the Drook formation of the Conception group appears; east of the fault the basalts of the Harbour Main Group are overlain by the sedimentary Adeyton group. The exact location and nature of the Marysvale fault is obscured with overburden. 5

8 6

9 6. EXPLORATION PROGRAM 2009 The 2009 exploration program consisted of one day prospecting on mineral licence 15809m, specifically examining the sedimentary unit outcrop to the south west of the main English Ridge Copper prospect accompanied with a geochemical survey of selected samples from the licence. An examination of the sedimentary outcrop south west of the English Ridge copper occurrence shows a manganese containing layer, which also contains significant barium (sample 1N-06-02), this may be an original evaporate type sedimentary deposit, or it may be due to secondary replacement. The barium containing layer is located above the bright red hematized sandstone which lies unconformably over the basalt unit. Sample Description and location (see Figure 3): Location 1: (approximately) 333,100 E, 5,261,150 N 1N Oxidized black earthy Mn stained earthy sedimentary layer. 1N Grey reduced limestone with disseminated chalcocite, float Location 2: 333,377 E, 5,261,088 N 1N West of the shear (land side), chalcocite in calcite / basalt breccia. 1N Malachite stained chalcocite / bornite in a narrow shear (5 to 10 cm in thickness). 1N East of shear (water side), chalcocite in vesicular bassalt, adjacent to the shear, appears to have been shallow test pits in this unit (approximately 1 x 6 m vertical, 0.5 m deep), possibly during the exploration in the 1860's. 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS In conclusion, the English Ridge property contains a prospective environment for both sedimentary and volcanic type deposits of copper, silver, barite and manganese; further work is required to determine the nature and extent of each type. A continuation of the mapping and prospecting program is recommended, with the focus of exploration by boat at tide level, further exploration of the sedimentary unit, and to define the known copper prospect by diamond drilling. 7

10 APPENDIX I LIST OF EXPENDITURES Expense Report Writing Field Work Meals Fuel / Auto Assay Sample prep ICP-30 + Au Ore Grade Amount Cost per unit 3 days 4 days 4 days 1 trips $ $ $20 / person / day $60 / trip (one day) $6.85 $21.50 $11.25 Subtotal Administration 15% Total APPENDIX II Total cost $ $ $80.00 $60.00 $34.25 $ $56.25 $1, $ $1, LIST OF PERSONAL Name Jason D. White 23 Emma's Pl. CBS, NL. Darwin White 23 Emma's Pl. CBS, NL. Norm Power Mt. Pearl, NL. Joe Lee 13 Albany Pl St. John's, NL. 8

11 APPENDIX III GEOCHEMICAL RESULTS 9

12 10

13 11

14 APPENDIX IV REFERENCES Batterson, M. 1995: Landscapes of Newfoundland and Labrador, A Collection of Aerial Photographs. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Report : Till Geochemistry of the Central Avalon and Bay de Verde Peninsulas, Geological Survey, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador department of Natural Resources. Open File NFLD/ Buddington, A.F. 1919: Pre-Cambrian Rocks of Southeast Newfoundland; j. Geol., Vol. 27, pg Carr, G.F. 1958: The Industrial Minerals of Newfoundland; Mines Branch, No. 855 Dale, N.C. 1915: The Manganese Deposits of Conception and Trinity Bays, Newfoundland. PhD. Dissertation, Princeton Geological Survey of Canada 1971: Map 4524G, Holyrood, Geophysical Series (Aeromagnetic) Hodych, J., PhD. 2007: Personal communication. Howley, J.P. 1880: List of Newfoundland Minerals (of the Newfoundland Geological Survey), Reprinted from No. 17 Mineralogical Magazine, July Hutchinson, R.D. 1953: Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 275. Geology of the Harbour Grace Map-Area, Newfoundland. Jukes, J.B. 1842: Excursions in and about Newfoundland during the years 1839 and 1940 King, A.F. 1988: Geology of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland (parts of 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N and 2C). Newfoundland Department of Mines, Mineral Development Division, Map Macaulay, R.M. 1944: Brigus Manganese. Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. (1N/11(25)) Martin,W. 1980: Once Upon a Mine: The Story of Pre-Confederation Mines on the Island of Newfoundland. Special Volume 26, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. McCartney, W.D. 1954: Holyrood Map 54-3, Geological Survey of Canada 1967: Geology of the Witborne Map Arge, Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 341 Morgan, J.A. 1996: A Documentation and Study of Vein Hosted Base Metal Deposits on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. Unpublished BSc. (Hons.) Dissertation, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Murray, A. and Howley, J.P. 1881a: Geological Survey of Newfoundland; London 1881b: Map of the Avalon Peninsula; Geological Survey of Newfoundland 1882: Report of Progress for the Year 1881, Geological Survey of Newfoundland Natural Resources Canada 1943: Ore Dressing and Metallurgical tests on Manganese ore from Brigus, reports No and

15 Nixon, G.T. 1979: Late Precambrian Ash-Flow Tuffs and Associated Rocks of the Hr Main Group Near Colliers. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Vol. 16, No. 1; Pages (1N/06/0092) O`Brien, S. 1996: Preliminary Investigation of Neoproterozoic (Avalonian) Rocks, Northeastern Holyrood (NTS 1N/6) Map Area: Notes on Geology, Mineralization and Mineral Exploration Potential. In Current Research (1996), Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey,Report 96-1, Pages : Late Neoproterozioc geology of the Central Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, With an overview of Mineralization and Hydrothermal Alteration. Current Research (1997) Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, Report 97-1, Pages : New Insights Into the Neoproterozoic Geology of the Central Avalon Peninsula (Parts of Map Areas 1N/6, 1N/7 and 1N/13), Eastern Newfoundland. Current Research (2001) Newfoundland Department of Mines & Energy Geological Survey, Report , Pages : A Note on Neoproterozoic Gold, Early Paleozoic Copper and Basement Cover Relationships on the Margins of the Holyrood Horst, Southeastern Newfoundland. Current Research (2002) Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Geological Survey, Report 02-01, Pages Scott, J.W. 1952: The Cambrian Manganese Deposits of Southeastern Newfoundland, GSC. Snelgrove, A.K., and Baird, D.M. 1953: Mines &Mineral resources of Newfoundland; Geological survey of Newfoundland, Information Circular No. 4 Spearman, C. 1941: Report on a Manganese deposit near Brigus, Conception Bay; Private Report, GSC Sudess, R.S. 1940: Report on Manganese deposits in Conception Bay, GSC Taylor, S.W. 1979: Geology and Mineral Potential of the Avalon Zone and Granitoid Rocks of Eastern Newfoundland. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador. Report White, J.D. 2006: First Year Assessment Report for Mineral Licence 10598m 2007: Second Year Assessment Report for Mineral Licence 10598m Wiseman, R., and Spearman, C. 1942: Report on Brigus Head Manganses; Geological Survey of Newfoundland Wilton, D.H.C,PhD., P.Geo. 1998:First year Mineral Assessment Report on Geological, Geophysical and Prospecting surveys for Turks Gut Property, Newfoundland. For Copper Hill Resources Ltd. Unpublished (1N/0718) Williams, H. 1979: Applacial Orogen in Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: 16, pg