Schefferville
Metals of interests: Gold, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Silver
Ownership: 100 % Beaufield
Location : 40 kilometres northwest of the town of Schefferville, Quebec
Surface area : 520 claims covering a total area of 258.00 km2
Highlights :
- Lake sediments highly anomalous in Zinc (5000 ppm)
- Anomalous trace elements indicative of the potential for a SEDEX deposit.
- 960 line kilometre airborne geophysical survey completed on the property
- Favorable geological setting for SEDEX and Iron Ore type deposits
Description :
The survey was carried out using a high sensitivity magnetometer to map geology, structure and iron formations and using a spectrometer to map radioactive minerals. The equipment was flown in helicopter to get optimum ground clearance.
The objective of the survey was to assist in the exploration for sediment-hosted exhalative, lead-zinc deposits ("SEDEX") and to map iron formations. The Labrador Trough is the host of world class iron deposits and potential host of rare earth and SEDEX deposits. A regional bottom lake sediments geochemical survey carried out by Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife identified four very high zinc lake sediment values within the Beaufield claims. The anomalous results are found over 4 kilometres, the values were in the range of 5000 ppm where the regional background has a magnitude in the order of 200 ppm or 25 times background. The zinc is associated with other trace elements indicative of the potential for a SEDEX deposit.
In addition to zinc the claims also cover strong magnetic anomalies in an environment known for major iron deposits. The data will be interpreted and used in a follow-up program to explore for SEDEX lead-zinc, the summer of 2010. Beaufield has applied for additional claims by map staking.
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April 21, 2010
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March 17, 2010
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November 24, 2009