The Taurus occurrence is located 14 kilometres northeast of Aiken Lake and 101 kilometres almost due north of the community of Germansen Landing.
The Star property showings such as the Taurus zone occur within the Lower Jurassic Polaris Ultramafic Complex which is composed of dunite, werhlite, pyroxenite, and gabbro, some of which are altered to serpentine.
Sampling in August 2004 located copper plus/minus platinum-palladium-bearing pyroxenite 866 metres to the northwest of the HA zone (094C 167). The mineralized pyroxenite was traced by sporadic outcrop for 1.5 kilometres past the HA zone. Samples ranged in sulphide content from trace to 40 per cent and consisted of pyrite, chalcopyrite and covellite. Samples yielded values of 0.15 per cent copper, 0.023 gram per tonne platinum and 0.048 gram per tonne palladium; and 0.028 per cent copper, 0.64 gram per tonne platinum, and 0.68 gram per tonne palladium (Assessment Report 27617).
Work History
In February 1995, the Star 1-5 claims were staked by U. Mowat to cover a unit of the Polaris Complex. Mowat prospected, sampled and mapped the property from 1995 to 2002 inclusive. In 2003, Minterra Resource Corp. optioned the Star magmatic platinum group element (PGE) property from Mowat. The company proceeded with an 8 line kilometre induced polarization survey that identified a number of drill targets. In 2004, Minterra drilled eight NQ holes on the HC (094C 166) and GL (094C 165) zones totalling 1044 metres. In 2005, the Star claims were briefly optioned to Aumega Discoveries but the option was terminated. In 2007, U. Mowat collected 32 rock samples and 3 soil samples.
In 2010, U. Mowat completed geochemical sampling (44 rock, 52 soil, 1 silt) on the Star property which cover parts of the HA, HB, Taurus and Libra zones (094C 167, 168). In 2014, U. Mowat conducted geochemical sampling (110 soil, 190 rock) on the large Star property which covers the Queen (094C 163), GL (094C 165), Ridge (094C 164), HC (094C 166), HA (094C 167) and HB (094C 168) occurrences.
In 2015, U. Mowat completed a further program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Star property.
