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FIRST YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT
OF
PROSPECTING
ON
LICENCE 18047M
CHIMNEY FALLS AREA,
BURIN PENINSULA, NL
NTS 1M/09
BY
NATHANIEL NOEL MSc.
FOR
E. MICHELE NOEL
MINERAL LICENCES: 18047M
WORK CONDUCTED: LATE DECEMBER 2010
EARLY JANUARY 2011
TOTAL EXPENDITURES: 2242.50
TOTAL CLAIMS: 4
Table of Contents
Page
Summary
1
Introduction
1
Location and Access
Physiography
Property Summary and License Status
Previous Work
Geology
2
2
3
3
4
Regional Geology
Local Geology
Current Program
4
5
5
Work Done
5
Results
5
Conclusions and Recommendations
7
List of Expenditures
7
List of Figures
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5
Project Location Map
Claims Location Map
Topography
Regional Geology
Map showing two attempted routes to access Chimney
Falls
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2
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4
6
1 RY SUMMAR
Work con
nsisted of two
o attempts to
o find a route
e providing ATTV access to Chimney Falls. The best route appears to t be from the t north by splaying offf the trail whhich is used to access Hickeys Pond. The southern route require
es crossing th
he Sandy Harrbor River whhich is best d
done in the su
ummer time when els are low. water leve
INTRODU
UCTION This repo
ort covers wo
ork completted on minerral license 188047m locatted at the to
op of the 1M
M/09 1:50,000 map sheet on the Burin
n Peninsula. (Figure 1) M
Mineral licen
nse 18047m
m was staked
d to cover the
e Chimney Falls showingg located just south of H ickeys Pond
d. Figure 1 P
Project Locationn Map 2 LOCATIO
ON AND ACC
CESS The prop
perty consistts of 4 conttiguous claim
ms which sttraddle a tributary to th
he Sandy Haarbor River app
proximately 9 kilometers east of th
he Burin Higghway and 3 km south west of Hicckeys Pond. (Figure 2) Figure 2 C
Claims location map. PHYSIOG
GRAPHY When ap
pproaching tthe project aarea from either the north or south
h the topography is relattively barren and consists of low rollin
ng hills risingg to the norrth to form a higher plaateau. Therre are numerou
us small pon
nds. Outcro
op is sporad
dic and glaciial overburd
den forms aa thin cover over most of the area. SSeveral broaad esker like
e features ccross the areea from NW
W‐SE south o
of the project area. 3 Figure
e 3 Topographyy. PROPERT
TY SUMMAR
RY AND LICEENSE STATUSS License 1
18047m com
mprises a total of 4 claaims. These claims were staked in the late sum
mmer of 2010 by E. Michele Noel. US WORK PREVIOU
The region encomp
passing the claim blockk was mappped at 1:500,000 scale in 1984 byy the Newfoun
ndland Geolo
ogical Surveyy. With the
e discovery oof the Paradise Trend altteration zones, ie Monksto
own Road, Ridge, Paraadise River showings aalong strikee of the project area,, the immediate area was again mapped in 1989 by Allann Huard as part of hiss masters th
hesis. GeoVector examined
d the showing in 2002 while conduucting work for Western Keltic at w
which time theyy obtained aan assay of 9
990 ppb Au ffrom a sampple taken theere. 4 GEOLOGY REGIONA
AL GEOLOGYY The areaa lies within the Avalon Terrain and
d is underrlain by a su
uite of calc‐aalkaline, volcanic rocks witth associate
ed clastic an
nd volcanoclastic sedim ents. The rrocks formeed some 550
0‐600 mya (O”B
Brien et al. 1998) and aare considerred to be paart of the M
Marystown/Love Cove Group. In this re
egion the units define a b
broad anticlinorium whiich is cored by granitic rrocks of the Swift Current G
Granite. (Figgure 4) The p
project area is at the souuthern end o
of this major structure.
Figure 4 Regional Geologyy (Modified from
m O'Brien et al. 1998) 5 LOCAL GEOLOGY The claim block is underlain primarily by intermediate‐felsic volcanic and volcanoclastic rocks. The felsic units consist of pinkish weathering crystalithic tuffaceous rocks while intermediate units are green‐grey. Outcrops of the Swift Current Granite occur to the north and northwest. Structurally, the rocks are tightly folded and contain a strong penetrative foliation which strikes NE‐SW at approximately 20‐30 degrees and generally dips steeply to the NW. F1 folds are tight and isoclinal and are occasionally seen on outcrop scale. F2 folding is more open and can be seen on a variety of scales. For a more detailed description of the local geology please see the first year (2002) assessment report on these properties completed by Geovector Management Inc. CURRENT PROGRAM The current program consisted of trying to find a reasonable access to the area by ATV. This was done as part of a larger mapping and assessment project which was being conducted in the area at the time. WORK DONE Work was conducted from a camper located just off the Burin Highway near Dunns Brook. Two half days, one in late December of 2010 and one in early January of 2011 were spent attempting to locate an ATV access into or close to the Chimney Falls showing. This work was conducted under a grubstaking agreement with 61716 Newfoundland and Labrador Limited who were, at the time, interested in beginning an exploration program on the Burin Peninsula. Their interest in the Burin Peninsula ceased in early February of 2011. RESULTS The first attempt at locating an ATV access was from the north, off the route normally used to access Hickeys Pond. (Figure 5) This was done late in the day upon returning from working in the Hickeys Pond area and considering the time of year it was getting dark. This route provided access to a point within 2 km of the showing. Travelling from the Burin Highway to 6 this point would require approxiimately 2 ho
ours. While the attemptt was termin
nated becau
use of fading daaylight a dee
ep brook cutting a bog prevented fu rther travel southward at this pointt. Figure 5 Map showing two atttempted routess to access Chim
mney Falls The secon
nd attempt, conducted c
in
n early Januaary was from
m the south o
originating at Monkstown Road just westt of the Tow
wer showing. Mild weatther had preevented the bogs from ffreezing up. An unregistered ATV trail was located which left M
Monkstown Rooad and head
ded northwarrd 3 km to a broad 7 esker which runs NW – SE. North of this esker is a large expanse of wet, and floating bog which must be skirted to the south east along the base of the esker. While it may be possible to continue with an ATV after freeze up, heavy rains prior to trying this route made for very difficult travelling. From the esker to the Sandy Harbor River was then traversed on foot but high water prevented crossing of the Sandy Harbor River. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Chimney Falls is in a difficult area for accessing by ATV. Based on the results, it is now considered best to access the showing from the north. It may be possible to get closer than the attempt described in this report however one can at least get close enough (within 3 km) by ATV to complete the journey on foot, conduct work and travel back to the Burin Highway in one day. The best time of year for doing this would be the summer months with the long days. In this particular instance having the bogs frozen would probably not have provided much of an advantage for ATV travel. Alternatively one could take a small camp and spend a couple of days in the area and access the showing by foot. The access from the south , while being easier to travel by ATV is best done after freeze up however one then has the problem of crossing the Sandy Harbor River under potentially very dangerous conditions. One may be able to do it in the summer months however the water levels in the river would have to be quite low and some travel by foot would be required. LIST OF EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES COST Days Worked (travel and prospecting) 2 man days total @ 500.00/day) 1000.00 Vehicle (2 days at 60.00/day) 120.00 Fuel 200.00 Accommodations and meals (2 days @ 40.00/day) 80.00 Quad Use (2 @ 25.00/day (includes gas and maintenance) 50.00 Administration and report writing (1 day)@ 500.00/day 500.00 Overhead @ 15% of 1950.00 292.50 Total 2242.50