NuVision Resources
Bad Vermilion Property
Fe-Ti-V, Au
The Bad Vermillion Property is host to one of the largest, undeveloped Iron-Titanium deposits in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, extending for 14 kilometers, over 200 meters wide and open at depth. Surface sampling uncovered massive Iron-Titanium mineralization up to 125 m thick, with high grade layers of more than +50% Fe and +15% TiO2 drill tested to a depth of only 140 m.
Geology
Seine Bay/Bad Vermilion Lake Intrusion
- A 2.5 - 2.8 billion years old Canadian Shield mafic layered intrusion that contains alternating layers of gabbro, anorthosite, pyroxenite, oxide-rich gabbros, and semimassive/massive magnetite (iron) - ilmenite (titanium) oxides.
- These rocks were formed in horizontal layers in a magma chamber and then tilted to a near vertical position, from 70° to almost 90°.
- A major shear displaced a portion of the intrusion to the east so that these layers are now "stacked” in parallel and en-echelon zones of magnetite-ilmenite mineralization.
- Three principle layers, L3, L2 and L1, with L3 the youngest and to the north of the other layers, and have been identified to date over a strike length of 17 kilometers.
- Specialists in magmatic intrusions associated with Canadian Shield deposits estimate the potential depth of the deposit can be one-half its length.
- Magnetite (Fe3O4), an iron oxide, and ilmenite (FeTiO3), an iron-titanium oxide, are the main minerals present, and the minerals of economic importance.
Bedrock Geology Map
Detailed Geological Map of the exposed bedrock over 17km of the Bad Vermillion Lake Intrusion within the Numax Claim Boundaries Ontario Geologic Survey airborne geophysics (2009) demonstrates three linear magnetic anomalies that correspond to zones of massive and semimassive Fe-Ti- Oxide, identified as L1, L2, and L3. The Fe-Ti- Oxide typically
consists of magnetite, ilmenite, and other titanium-iron bearing minerals. Major intrusion map units are gabbro (purple ), oxide-rich gabbro (orange ), and semi-massive/massive oxide layers (red/brown).
The Detailed Bedrock Map, confirms the massive and semi massive Fe-Ti layers and that the outcrops coincide directly with the electromagnetic and geophysical surveys. The mapping is also consistent with the drill core logs for the Numax and Titan drill core holes along strike.
History
- Early exploration carried out from the 1880s - 2000, principally for gold, with limited iron exploration (World War II period) and titanium exploration (Titan - 1980s)
- 1980 – Airborne Survey, Ministry of Mines - Ontario, identifying magnetics
- 2004 – Numax began acquiring the property for gold bearing quartz veins; Cu-NiPGM mineralization was also discovered and Numax pursued multiple Cu-Ni-PGM exploration programs (2005-8)
- 2008 – Focus changed to Iron-Titanium after ground geophysics and extensive channel sampling identified three oxide-rich iron-titanium layers, L3, L2, and L1]2008-9 – Conducted detailed mapping and sampling, and drilled 3 holes intercepting high grade Fe-Ti mineralization zones
- 2009 – Airborne Survey, Ministry of Mines - Ontario, highlighting magnetics, and correlating with the iron-titanium L3, L2 and L1 geological units
- 2010-11 – Additional mapping, sampling, re-assay of Titan drilling and drilling 3 holes confirm iron-titanium geological units over a strike length of 17 kilometers
Source: https://www.nuvisionres.com/projects/bad-vermilion/
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