Post by
diabase1 on Apr 19, 2023 7:49am
Timmins8
Drilling/Exploration Summary
For all of the following work programs, that were carried out by the various mining companies on the Timmins Twp property, a much more detailed assessment/interpretation would have to be carried out by a geologist, in order to get a better understanding of the historical background exploration results. This assessment would, no doubt, be much better than my summary.
I have however, attempted to give a bit more detail of the exploration results for each of the following companies in my previous posts (Timmins to Timmins7).
In May 1995, Glen Auden Resources carried out a magnetometer survey (Assessment File 42A07SE0006/42A07SE0006). However, it basically covered the DJ property. The only area covered on RTM's property was towards the extreme southeastern part of the property, where the magnetics show a diabase dyke.
Also, in August 1995, East West Resources carried out an induced polarization survey (Assessment File 42A07SE0001/42A07SE0001) and (42A07SE0005/42A07SE0005), that covered the same ground as that for Glen Auden Resources. There were 2 IP conductors intercepted within the RTM property, a weak to moderate conductor located about 300m east of Dougherty Lake and a second moderate to strong conductor located about 400m northwest of Dougherty Lake. In both cases, there were no airborne conductors, either GEOTEM or DIGHEM, correlating with these IP conductors. It appears that the conductor northwest of Dougherty Lake is located close to Drill Hole 98-01, put down by International Canalaska Resources in 1998.
In April 1996, Royal Oak Mines carried out an IP survey (Assessment File 42A07SE0007/42A07SE0007), some of which included part of the RTM property. Three conductors were intercepted, one just east of Dougherty Lake, a second conductor just northeast of Dougherty Lake and the third conductor just to the north of Dougherty Lake. Each of them have moderate strength and are single line anomalies.
In December 1995, Royal Oak Mines put down several drill holes in the area (Assessment File 42A07SE0008/42A07SE0008), with one of the holes, TT96-16, being drilled on RTM's property. It is located approximately 600m northeast of Dougherty Lake. A very good description of the results are given in the report.
In June 1998, Geoterrex Dighem flew a helicopter Frequency EM and Magnetic survey that covered the entire RTM property (Assessment File 42A07SE2003/42A07SE2003). There were a few extremely weak conductors, and most of them appear to be overburden related.
In June of 2008, VVC Exploration carried out ground magnetic, MaxMin EM and VLF-EM surveys (Assessment File 20000003134/20004796). The area covered was basically the eastern half of RTM's property. The magnetic survey reveals two low intensity features with one trending more or less south south-east and a second north-south trend. At the centre of the grid, where the two magnetic trends criss-cross, the large magnetic feature is approximately 100-200 meters in width, while the remainder of the trends are narrower at 40-100 meters. The linear N-S response is thought to be a diabase dike.
Their main MaxMin conductor appears to be a deep and highly conductive anomaly detected near the limits of the depth of penetration (65-85 meters) ability of the system. In this situation, depth estimates become somewhat unreliable due to the low signal from the deep conductor. The conductor represents either a single zone or possibly multiple conductors in close proximity. This anomaly is continuous, spanning the length of the grid before petering out towards the southeast corner.
The VLF-EM survey did not yield any noteworthy conductors. The instrument is limited, in that it is only good for shallow penetration. In this case the overburden was too thick.
In 2018, VVC Exploration returned to the area, and to again evaluate the exploration potential of the property, and to carry out prospecting and geochemical exploration if warranted (Assessment File 20000019174/20000019174_01). Included with this report are the HLEM results, a colour magnetic total field map, and soil sampling results. The VLF survey did not produce any anomalies.
No further work was carried out by VVC Exploration.
My next and last post on the Timmins property will pertain to my opinions of what the priority targets could be.