The Meadow occurrence is located about 70 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.
The occurrence is located within the Early Jurassic Duckling Creek Syenite Complex, one of several phases comprising the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Hogem Plutonic Suite.
The Meadow zone is located 470 metres northeast of the eastern end of the Radio veins (094C 139) in a saddle between the main Radio vein ridge and a prominent knoll where Amoco’s copper exploration was targeted. It is defined by samples of gossanous quartz vein and quartz stockwork which yielded 1.44, 10.40 and 11.50 grams per tonne gold and 6.4, 36.7 and 49.8 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 27113). The gossanous quartz occurs in pyritic syenite with both vein and syenite containing up to 5 per cent pyrite.
The zone was discovered by Redcorp Resources in 2002. A soil sample collected by Redcorp at this location yielded 100 parts per billion gold and an adjacent sample returned 90 parts per billion gold. Two adjacent samples on the line 100 metres to the west returned 220 parts per billion gold (668 parts per million copper) and 115 parts per billion gold (40 parts per million copper). Trenching is required to uncover and evaluate this zone.
In 2010, a grab sample (tag #329119) of a strongly magnetic mafic migmatite with lenses of copper sulphide (assumed to be chalcopyrite) and malachite assayed 1.16 grams per tonne gold, 38.4 grams per tonne silver and 1.39 per cent copper (Assessment Report 32441).
In the early 1970s, numerous mining companies conducted exploration programs in the area of the Hawk property. The Hogem batholith was of particular interest for porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits, and the first detailed recorded work on the property was conducted in 1971 by Amoco (Canada) Petroleum Company Ltd. A total of 7376 silt, water, rock, and soil samples were collected throughout 2400 square kilometres. The ensuing values showed regions with anomalous copper and/or molybdenum, and lead to the staking of four areas including the Hawk prospect. Resultant work continued from 1972 to 1974 and included detailed geological mapping and soil sampling. In 1974, Amoco Canada conducted a drilling program in which 749 metres of core from four different holes on Hawk were completed and analyzed for copper and molybdenum (gold content was not determined). After the 1974 drilling program, no further work was conducted on the property by Amoco and the claims were allowed to lapse.
Cyprus Gold (Canada) Ltd. re-staked the Hawk prospect and, in 1990, began an exploration program that involved extensive rock and soil sampling, a magnetic survey, and a VLF survey. The results indicated anomalous values of gold and copper in the Radio vein (094C 139), AD zone (094C 138), and HSW regions (094C 140). Drilling commenced on the AD zone in October of 1990, and a total of 898 metres of core from eight different holes (HK90-1 to HK90-8) was completed. Cyprus recommended additional work on the Radio vein and HSW area because of the anomalous gold/copper values found in the area, however, no additional work was conducted by Cyprus and the claims lapsed in 1995. The area was then staked by Nicholson and Associates and R.M. Durfeld in 1995, and optioned to Castleford Resources Ltd. who conducted a work program focussed on expanding and detailing the known zones of mineralization and also completing additional prospecting. No further work was done by Castleford and the claims, except HK3 and HK4, eventually lapsed.
In 2001, Redcorp Ventures Ltd. re-staked claims surrounding the HK3 and HK4 claims and in 2002 acquired an option on the HK3 and HK4 claims. Redcorp then completed an exhaustive program at Hawk that included surface surveys, sampling, prospecting, and diamond drilling. A total of 1534 metres of drilling in twelve holes were completed with five holes being in the Radio zone (HK02001-HK02005), three in the AD zone (HK02006-HK02007), and four in the Zulu zone (094C 138) (HK02008-HK02012). Redcorp subsequently experienced financial difficulty and allowed most of the Hawk claims to expire and returned the key claims to Durfeld in January 2010.
Exploration at Hawk was completed by Alton Resource Corp. in 2010 and 2011. The first campaign completed in July 2010 took drill core originating from drill programs completed in 1990 and in 2002 that was in disarray and reorganized it. Twenty-two silt samples were collected and analyzed and, along with the historic data set for the project, digitized. In the second campaign, completed in late September 2010, additional soil and rock sampling (largely focussed on the alkalic copper-gold potential) was completed in the south-central property area. During 2011, Alton expanded the claim holdings by tenure acquisition and completed a high-resolution helicopter-borne magnetic survey over the entire claim holdings. A total of 397 line-kilometres was flown.
