Quaternary Geology and Till Geochemistry of the Redstone and Loomis

This pa per sum ma rizes Qua ter nary ge ol ogy map ping and till geo chem is try stud ies con ducted as part of the re gional min eral po ten tial as sess ment of the Redstone and Loomis Lake map ar eas (NTS 093B/04, 05; Fig ure 1). This study was ini ti ated to com ple ment an on go ing re gional bed rock map ping pro gram and min eral po ten tial as sess ment be ing con ducted in NTS 093C/01, 08 and 09 (Mihal ynuk et al., 2008a, b), and a pre vi ous surficial map ping and till geo chem i cal sur vey in NTS 093C/01, 08, 09 and 16 (Giles and Kerr, 1993; Proudfoot, 1993; Lett et al., 2006). His toric gold and sil ver pros pects (e.g., Chili pros pect, MINFILE 093C 015; MINFILE, 2008; Clisbako pros pect, MINFILE 093C 015), as well as newly dis cov ered cop per (e.g., Punky, Orovain, Vam pire and Gumbo) and gold and sil ver show ings (e.g., Pyro, Mihalynuk et al., 2008a, b), oc cur within Me so zoic to Eocene vol ca nic rocks ad join ing the study area. These strata are thought to ex tend into the study area but an ex ten sive cover of gla cial drift makes this spec u la tive. As a re sult, and de spite its min eral po ten tial, the study area has been over looked and con sid ered a fron tier area by the min eral ex plo ra tion com mu nity. There are no known metallic mineral occurrences within the study area and there is no staked ground.