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STAGE 1 EXPLORATION REPOl/.T

STAGE 2 EXPLORATION AND BUDGET REPORT

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HAMPSHIRE PROJECT

E. L. 39/70 TASMANIA

by

ANTHONY JANNINK

J~nuary 21, 1971

Accompanying Plans Scale

Location Plan 1 inch to 33.3 milesGeological Plan approx. 1 inch to 2000 ft.Assay Results for Copper rr rr rr rr rr II

Assay Results for Lead rr rr rr rr rr rr

Assay Results for Tungsten rr rr rr rr rr rr

Proposed Sampling Grids rr rr rr rr rr rr

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SUMMARY

Minefields Exploration N. L. holds an ExplorationLicence number 39/70 of 14 square miles approximately20 miles south of Burnie, NW Tasmania.

Stage 1 Exploration of the area has shown that theregion contains Cambrian volcanics and slates, Ordovicianconglomerates, quartzites and limestones, Devonian graniteand Tertiary basalt in an interesting structuralenvironment. The rock sequence and geological settingare similar, and in some cases the same, as those inthe Zeehan Rosebery district only 40 miles to the south-westEspecially of interest are the Mt. Read Volcanics whichoutcrop in the southern half of the Exploration Licence,and which contain the Zeehan and Rosebery orebodies .

Limited geochemical sampling has found two anomalousareas, one has high Lead values within the Mt. Read Volcanics,one has high Tungsten values in limestones near a Devonian n~

granite intrusion.

Stage 2 Exploration is to be carried out on these twotarget areas, and will involve geological mapping,geochemical sampling and ground magnetic surveying.The cost of this programme is estimated at $6000 .

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INTRODUCTION

Minefields Exploration N. L. applied for an ExplorationLicence of 90 square miles in the Hampshire region ofTasmania in May 1970. Due to conflicting prior applicationsan area of· 14 square miles was subseqeuntly granted.

A field geologist, G. Granger, conducted regional air - photogeological mapping with some geochemical sampling over thearea in December 1970.

LOCATION AND ACCESS

The prospect lies 20 miles south of Burnie in north westernTasmania.

Access is generally poor due to the rugged topography.Dirt roads cross the north - eastern corner and run downthe western side of the area. Some bush tracks have beencut in the southern half of the prospect.

A railway and ports are on the north coast of Tasmania atBurnie and Ulverstone within 20 miles of prospect.

POWER AND WATER RESOURCES

Power is available at Burnie and within 20 miles of theExploration Licence. A permanently flowing river, theRiver Leven, runs through the north - eastern portion ofthe area.

TENEMENTS

An Exploration Licence,number 39/70, of 14 square mileswas granted to Minefields Exploration N. L. on the 9th ofJuly 1970 for an extendable period of 6 months.

No other mineral tenements are known to occur within theLicence area.

GEOLOGY

The "Hampshire Project" lies in the north-north-easttrending Dundas Trough of north western Tasmania, hetweenthe Precambrian Tyennan and Rocky Cape geanticlines. Thearea contains the same rock types and a similar geologicalenvironment to the rift valley through the Zeehan - Roseberymineralized field.

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The oldest rocks, occurring in the southern half of theExploration Licence, are Cambrian keratophyres of theMt. Read Volcanics, with interbedded slates of the Dun4asformation. These formations are overlain unconformablyby the Ordovician Owen conglomerate and quartzites, andthen by the Gordon Limestones. Tertiary basalts haveflown over the north western corner of the area predomin­antly obscuring the older contact of the Ordovician withthe Devonian intrusions of the Hampshire Hills Granite.

Structurally the Cambrian sequence is overlain unconformablyby the Ordovician conglomerate in a domal form. TheCambrian rocks strike NNE and dip to the west at about 300

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the Ordovician dips away from the Cambrian "dome".

A major fault cuts through the Licence area in a NW-SEdirection, swinging to a northerly direction in the northof the area before being covered by Tertiary basalt.The fault is post-Ordovician since it has Ordovician rocksto the north east, and Cambrian and Ordovician sequencesto the south west. Dragging on the fault indicates thatthe SW block has moved NW, and the NE block moved SE.It appears likely that the fault is of Tabberabberan age,and the granite was intruded soon after the faulting occurred,near the zone of weakness.

The conglomerates and limestones to the north east of themajor fault are also gradually folded, parallel to thefault, from a NW - SE strike in the south to a NE - SWstrike in the north. These rocks dip to the east.

GEOCHEMISTRY

It was intended that a regional stream sediment samplingprogramme be conducted over the Exploration Licence, butdue to the rugged topography and limited access, only 15samples were taken. As a result, two traverses of soilsamples were taken, one in the north eastern, and one inthe southern section of the area. Forty-five (45)residual soil samples were taken.

All samples were analaysed for Copper. Lead and Tungsten,the first two elements by Atomic Absorption ( ± 15%relative accuracy), the tungsten by Colorimetric Dithiol.

Assay results are plotted on the accompanying plans andare tabulated as follows :

Cambrian OrdovicianIfKeratonhvres & Slates (Limestones & Con~lommateS

Max. Min. Back"round Max. Min. Back~round

Stream Sediments (1 (2) (13 (14)Samples Samples) Samples)Copper 15(35) 15 30 (35) <5 15Lead 25 25 70 5 30 .,

Tungsten <2 <2 5 <2 2Residual Soil (27 Samples) (18 Samples)

SamplesCopper 40 5 25 40 <5 10Lead 555 45 100 145 5 80Tungsten 56 <2 3 66 <2 5

The bracketed sample relates to a stream sediment sample drainingboth Cambrian and Ordovician rocks.

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It can be seen from the above Table that highly anomalousvalues were obtaaned for both Lead and Tungsten, the formerpredominantly in the Cambrian rocks, the latter in theOrdovician.

DISCUSSION

From the exploration work conducted over the HampshireProject to date ( no other previous exploration has beenconducted on the area) it appears that the area isdefinitely favourable, on both geological and geochemicalevidence, for deposits of Lead and associated minerals inthe Cambrian rocks, and Tungsten/Tin in the Ordovicianrocks. These two targets for exploration will be discussedhere in slightly more detail.

1. Lead Deposits

A comparison of the geological environment of thearea with the Zeehan - Rosebery district hasalready been indicated above. Almost all theorebodies of that region have been mined fromjust below the Ordovician basal contact ( theOwen Conglomerate) and within the Mt ReadVolcanics. (It should be noted that almost90% of Tasmania's mineral production has comefrom this stratigraphic level )., The bestconceritrationsof minerals have been found closeto faults on the edges of the "rift valleys!'where the volcanics have extruded through themechanically weaker zones. The mineralisationis generally thought to be of exhalative volcanicorigin, but some think that it may originate fromthe Devonian granites.

All these factors are present in the Hampshireregion: the Ordovician/Cambrian contact, theMt Read Volcanics, a major fault structure, andDevonian granites. Coupled with this favourablegeological environment are the interesting andanomalous geochemical results for Lead alreadyobtained.

It should also be noted that Lead and Copperhavebeen mined from the Penguin - Dial RangeMineral Field only a few miles north of theExploration Licence.

2. Tungsten/Tin Deposits

A favourable geological environment exists inthe northern half of the area for Tungsten andTin deposits. The Hampshire 'Hills Granite ofDevonian age has intruded the Ordovician rocksjust on the western boundary of the Licencearea. Granites of this age have originatednearly all the Tin and Tungsten deposits ofTasmarii a , and the Hampshire Hills Granite isthe cause of the Tin/Tungsten deposits foundto the west of the Exploration Licence"aroundHampshire.

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A major fault zone lies adjacent to the graniteand is thought to be pre - granite or possiblycontemporaneous. Fracturing around this zonecould produce channels for mineralised fluidsflowing out from the granite intrusion.

Favourable host rocks to contain contact-typemineralisation lie within half a mile of thegranite intrusion. These are the limestones( Gordon Limestones ) in the north and north­east of the area which could be altered toskarn rocks close to the granite, but havenot yet been inspected.

No analysis has been undertaken for Tin,however at the base of the hill which formsthe fault line, highly anomalous values in ~lsoil samples have been obtained for Tungsten. ( ,These samples were taken some two miles eastof the granite contact •

The next stage of exploration is to beconducted in endeavouring to locate possibleLead - Copper occurrences of the Zeehan ­Rosebery type in the Mt Read Volcanics, andTungsten - Tin occurrences of vein or skarntype in the Gordon Limestones.

EXPLORATION PROGRAMME

The Stage 2 Exploration Programme is to entail regional"grid" geological mapping, geochemical sampling and groundmagnetics. Pegging grids in the rough terrain of thearea is thought impracticable at this stage of exploration.The proposed grid lines shown on the accompanying planare for reference only, and sampling will be conductedapprOXimately on these lines, with locations plotted onthe aerial photographs ( scale approximately 1 inch to2000 ft as per plan ).

In the southern area, over the Cambrian rocks, 6 grid linesare to be sampled, mapped and traversed by groundmagnetometer. The lines are spaced 1000, 2000 and 4000 ftapart, and samples and magnetometer readings are to be takenon 200 ft and 400 ft intervals as shown on the accompanyingplan. The samples will be analysed for Copper, Lead andSilver by Atomic Absorption methods. Approximately 12 milesof ,traversing is planned.

In the northern area, over the Ordovician rocks, 5 grid lines,2000 ft apart are to be traversed. Geological mapping andgeochemical sampling is to be conducted over this area, thesamples being taken on 200 ft spacings, and analysed forCopper, Lead and Tungsten. The tungsten is to be analysedby colorimetric dithiol. Six (6) miles of traversing isplanned.

About 1 month's field work is envisaged to carry out theStage 2 Exploration Programme. The personnel involvedwill be a Supervising Geologist, a Field Geologist and aField Assistant. Any anomalies that are discovered andwarrant follow-up work in the Stage J programme will involvea much greater expenditure in bUlldozing, gridding, detailedgeological, geochemical and geophysical work ( includinginduced polarization surveys ) prior to diamOnd or percussiondrilling.

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PROPOSED BUDGET

To cover the proposed exploration programme outlined above,the following bUdget has been drawn up :

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Assaying ( approx. 500 samples )

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BUDGET ESTIMATE TOTAL

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