- SMDI #
- 0908
- Current Showing Name
- KETA Au Showing Zone No. 1 or Zone No. 3 or B Zone and No. Zone No. 2 or A Zone
- Historical Showing Names
- KETA Au Showing Zone No. 1 or Zone No. 3 or B Zone and No. Zone No. 2 or A Zone
- Company Name
- Project Name
- UTM Easting (NAD83 Z13)
- 554028.0300
- UTM Northing (NAD83 Z13)
- 6208272.9200
- NTS Sheet
- 074A01
- TRM (Township-Range-Meridian)
- 81-14-2
- Primary Commodities
- Gold
- Associated Commodities
- Copper, Iron, Lead
- Discovery Type
- Drillhole
- Status
- Occurrence: Primary Exploration
- Geological Details
- The Keta Showing is located north of Jaysmith Lake and approximately 300 m (984.3 ft) southeast of Pat Lake.
The area of the showing is underlain by east-northeast-trending basic and acidic metavolcanics, minor acid tuff, agglomerate, quartz porphyry and felsite of the Archean La Ronge Domain. Five quartz veins 3 to 8 inches (7.6 to 20.3 cm) wide and of indeterminate length occur in narrow (1 to 3 m (3.3 to 9.8 ft) wide) shear zone cutting the mafic volcanics. Vein No. 1 follows a shear following a major northerly trending lineament cutting rhyolite which is itself intruded by acidic dykes. Minor gold values occur in the No. 1 vein.
The No. 1 Vein (later re-named the No. 3 vein) or the B Zone is the only vein reported to be auriferous. The B Zone consists of three separate quartz veins, within meta-andesite and meta-basalt, which vary in width from 8 to 30 cm (1.7 to 6.4 ft). Two of the three veins host trace gold mineralization. The third vein, which is 25 cm (9.8 inches) wide and of unknown strike length, was chip sampled. Chip samples taken over a 6 ft length and 8 inch width returned 0.03 oz./ton Au with one sample returning 0.08 oz./ton Au. The vein hosts 1 to 3% pyrite plus traces chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and galena plus rare specks of visible gold. In 1982, SMDC grab sampled the zone. Two samples returned 310 ppb Au and 0.38 oz./ton Au.
The No. 2 Vein or the A Zone, which is located 450 m (1476.4 ft) due south of the B Zone, has been traced over a strike length of 150 m (492.1 ft) and across a width that ranges up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) wide. The showing consists of a 3 m (9.8 ft) wide by 10 m (32.8 ft) long quartz vein within sheared meta-basalt which locally contains up to 1% disseminated pyrite.
SAMPLE ZONE OZ/TON SAMPLE
NUMBER SAMPLED AU DESCRIPTION
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KA20-1010 A 0.032 3-4 m wide, rusty quartz vein
KA20-1009 B 0.014 V.G. in 160°/15°-trending, hematized quartz vein
KA20-6011 B 0.982 1% py: 25 cm wide quartz vein in andesite
KA20-6012 B 1.180 Py,po,cpy,sf,Pb: 25 cm wide qtz vein (andesite)
KA20-9003 B 0.245 3% py: 1.5 m wide quartz vein in andesite
- Geological Domain
- La Ronge
- Host Rocks
- Host Minerals
- Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
- Indicators
- Exploration History
- 7/5/1989 The area was first noticed in 1960 when E.F. Partridge drilled 4 packsack drill holes totalling 193.6 ft on the KETA Group of Claims. Two trenches and geological mapping were also reported. Five quartz veins were noted but only one (No. 1) was reported to be auriferous.
Kerr Addison Gold Mines Ltd. optioned the property and conducted geological mapping, electromagnetic and magnetic ground surveys and channel sampling over the area but all veins (excluding the No. 1) were barren or contained only trace Au and Ag.
In 1977, SMDC completed an airborne INPUT and magnetic survey over the showing. On 5 March 1981, In 1980, Golden Rule Resources was granted MPP 1112. In 1981, Energy Reserves Canada Ltd. optioned MPP 1112. In 1982, SMDC novated into the Energy Reserves-Golden Rule joint venture, became operator and completed a reconnaissance program of lake sediment sampling (AF 73P16-0039) and mapping, prospecting and rock sampling (AF 73P16-0038). The showing was grab sampled and the values returned are reported above. In 1983, Energy Reserves sold their interest to Goldsil Mining and Milling Inc. and SMDC completed further mapping, prospecting and sampling on the property (AF 73P16-0063).
In 1984, D.J. Thomas geologically mapped the showing area at 1:20,000 for the Saskatchewan Geological Survey.
On 18 December 1984, the above mentioned partnership staked the showing as CBS 7431 (within MPP 1112). In the summer of 1987, the partners prospected and rock sampled grid 1 -which enclosed the Keta Showings (AF 73P16-0097). This work returned minimal Au-Ag values. The showings proper were not sampled. In the same year, the Keta Showing was sluiced, stripped, geologically mapped and continously chip sampled (AF 73P16-0101). Grab samples of the A and B zones returned 1200 and 1400 ppb Au. Continous chip samples over the zones averaged less than 35 ppb Au.
In 1992, Cameco completed geological mapping, prospecting, and rock, boulder and bulk till sampling in the immediate showing area (AF 73P16-0164). CBS 7431 was allowed to lapse.
On 21 June 2002, Rod Spooner staked the Keta A and B zones as S-106998 for Golden Band Resources Inc. In 2004, Golden Band visited the two zones and completed bulk till sampling (AF 74A01-SE-0208). The best sample returned 1 gold grain.
- Production History
- Reserves and/or Resources