Liverpool Brook
013281M
12G/08
Regional Geology
Liverpool Brook is located within the North Arm Massif, one of four large massifs of the Bay of Islands Complex, located with the Humber Allochthon. These were emplaced during the Ordovician upon carbonates and siliclastics of the Laurentian Margin. These massifs contain a complete ophiolite sequence from ultramafics, gabbros, sheeted dykes and pillow basalts.
Local Geology
The area is mainly underlain by gabbro with subordinate clinopyroxenite, anorthosite and troctolite. The southern part of the claim block is underlain by ultramafics mainly, dunite, hartzburgite and peridotite. A large north-northwest trending fault runs through the area.
Exploration History and Mineralization
The area was briefly explored in the late 1980’s by Lucero Resources where prospecting, sampling and mapping was done. Gossanous zones up to 15m X 75m were discovered with the best values returning 1.6% Cu, 4700 Ni and ~ 1.1g/t PGE (975 ppb Pt).
The gossanous zones are generally located at two distinct levels with the largest, the upper showing area, being at the 400m level. This extends for approximately 600m to the north. New gossanous zone were found north of these up to 1600m away (1.5% Cu). Results from 2007 work are 1.01% Ni, 0.8 g/t PGE (L01).
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