Case2With respect to RT Minerals' Case Township Properties, in order to describe each group individually, I'll comment on them as Group A (west claims), Group B (north claims), Group C (central claims) and Group D (south claims). Refer to RTM's news release of Feb 14, 2023, and refer to Figure 3 for the claim map layout of the Groups.
Group A: referring to
Map P2243, it will be noted that the rock types in this area are unknown. A short distance to the northwest however, the rocks have been indicated to be quartz monzonite, with pegmatite inclusions. The residual total field (
Map 82815) exhibits a rough circular anomaly. However, if you look at the Second Vertical Gradient (
Map 82826), you will note 3 distinct isolated magnetic anomalies, each about 200 metres in diameter. They have the appearance of looking like kimberlite pipes. Wouldn't that be nice!!! Also, the southern anomaly has influenced a creek, with the latter curving around the south end of the anomaly. Otherwise, the topography looks very flat and swampy.
Group B: there are 2 magnetic anomalies in this group, with the two groups being bisected by the Case Road, and both striking in a north-south direction. Since the flight lines of the magnetic survey are also north-south, it means that the magnetic trend will not be well defined. The southern anomaly is located at the very edge of the survey
Map 81212, so it is not known if the magnetic trend continues further to the south. If we combine this map (
Map 81212) and (Map 82815) together, we will find that there is still a gap between the two maps. Therefore, we don't know if the magnetic trend continues further to the south. I suspect it does for a very short distance.
The rock types are unknown in this area. The topography map shows a 9m ridge just to the west of the magnetic trend, so there may be some outcrop in that area.
Group C: there are 2 blocks to this group, located south of the Case Road, with only the north block showing any signs of a magnetic anomaly. The southern block is in the area of the gap in the magnetic data, as I've described earlier. The rock types are also unknown in this area. The topography shows a somewhat flat area.
Group D: The magnetic total field shows an intensity of approximately 50 nanoTeslas, with the east-west anomaly showing a
slight dip to the south (
Map M82815). There also appears to be a north-south fault towards the west end of the trend (
Map 82826). Quartz monzonite and pegmatites have been mapped just to the north of the property (
Map P2243). The topography map also shows a 50 meter north-south oriented plateau just to the north of this magnetic trend as well.
An annotation that I thought may be of interest:
The Journal of Geology Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 1933), pp. 1-11 (11 pages) "A systematic study of granitic batholiths and of metalliferous veins associated with them shows that practically all such deposits are in the regions above the batholiths and in the thin outer shells of the batholiths. The cores of the batholiths are essentially barren of valuable deposits. Thus a normal batholith may be divided into (1) the metallized roof, (2) the metallized hood, and (3) the essentially barren core".
Does the above apply to the Case Batholith??