Overview
Otto Property
The Otto Property is located 8 km southwest of the Town of Kirkland Lake in Ontario, Canada. The Kirkland Lake area is a historical significant gold producer since gold was discovered in the early 1900s. Two gravel roads provide access to the property from either Highway 11 or Highway 66, and property is composed of 7 contiguous unpatented mining claims totaling approximately 800 hectares all located in Otto Township, District of Cochrane.
Ontario Location Map Mineral Claims
Property Geology
Otto Property Satalite
The Otto Property is locating within the Abitibi sub-Province of the Superior Province, within the Canadian Shield. The property occurs on the contact between the Keewatin metavolcanics to the north, and the Otto Intrusive Stock to the South. Regionally, the Otto stock is one of four linearly oriented alkalic stocks, and is itself 9.7 kilometres in diameter. Volcanic rocks have been variably metamorphosed, largely dependent on contact metamorphism associated with the Otto Stock. The Otto stock is largely composed of quartz syenite and syenite displaying various igneous textures. However, recently ultramafic phases have been identified within the Otto Stock by the Ontario Geological Survey.
One large north trending fault offsets the Otto stock along the eastern edge of the property. Additionally, shearing from a splay fault from the Larder-Cadillac Deformation Zone passes through the northwestern part of the property, oriented east-northeast.
Property Geology
Exploration History
The Otto Property has had several limited exploration programs completed wholly or in part on the current claim group, with programs primarily focused on delineating potential gold mineralization. Exploration has focused on follow-up work through soil sampling and diamond drilling on strong magnetic and VLF targets. This has delineated pyrite mineralization in the northern claim group associated with volcanic bands hosting anomalous base metal and gold mineralization, as well as slightly anomalous gold mineralization associated with pyritized fractures and quartz-carbonate veining in the Otto Stock. Limited work has been completed on evaluating the potential for PGE mineralization, although chip samples by the OGS identified potential in previously misidentified lamprophyre to host PGE mineralization.
The company is currently considering a novel approach to evaluate the potential for PGE and gold mineralization through a preliminary prospecting plan on the claim group. It is interested in assessing potential mineralization with the Otto stock as well as the volcanic rocks to the north of the intrusion.