Located at the southern extension of the project, the Lower Manitou area consists of the Gaffney Patents, Gaffney East, Gaffney Extension and Sherridon properties.
Lower Manitou Drill Intercept Highlights: Gaffney – 2.4 g/t Au over 75.1m Gaffney – 5.0 g/t Au over 8.8m Sherridon – 46.0 g/t Au over 0.5m
Mineralized zones are controlled by both competency contrasts during deformation between the quartz diorite and the surrounding volcanic rocks as well as the behavior during deformation of the quartz-diorite itself.
The property hosts high grade gold mineralization on Kenwest, Canamerica Main, Canamerica 502, Gaffney and Sherridon.
Sherridon
The Sherridon property is located about 10 km directly southeast of the Gaffney Extension and in close proximity to the MDdz on the west boundary of the claim group.
Work by the OGS has indicated that the majority of Archean lode gold deposits in the Manitou Lakes area are controlled by shear and fracture zones which appear to be regionally related to movement along the MDdz. Mineralization on the property occurs as visible gold in quartz veins in sheared pillow basalt close to the contact of a quartz porphyry sill.
The Manitou Dinorwic deformation zone (MDdz) is located in the center of the Lower Manitou Project. This deformation zone is considered the main gold bearing structure in the Dryden District. The Sherridon Target is located on the east side of the deformation zone while the west side of the deformation zone hosts the Gaffney target and potential analogs to Gold Rock.
Geology Lower Manitou Area
Sherridon Geophysics
