Geological Setting
The property is situated in the western Abitibi subprovince. It is underlain mostly by NE-SW, steeply dipping Archean rocks of the Halliday Formation comprised of felsic metavolcanic units of rhyolite and dacite and less extensive intermediate volcanic rocks consisting of andesite. These units have been intruded by ultramafic and mafic rocks consisting of gabbro, peridotite and dunite and by NW-SE trending late-stage Proterozoic dikes of diabase. The property is situated on a series of parallel NE-SW trending faults associated with the west extension of the Larder Lake Break. Shearing and hydrothermal alteration such as Fe-Mg carbonate and potassic alteration (sericite) is extensive across the property.
Regional structures and associated splays host critical metal and large-scale gold mineralizing systems. The purpose of our program is two fold: 1) attempt to extend the Ni-mineralization from the adjacent claims onto Transpacific’s claim block, and 2) to make a new discovery of additional gold and base metal mineralization along the western extension of the CLFZ.
Historic nickel-in-soil anomalies remain untested and open ended.
