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Rainy River, Ontario
• "Burns" Claim Block Property
• Claim Block "B" Property
• Claim Block "C" Property
Pickle Lake, Ontario
• Gold Creek Property, Ontario
• Drum Lake Property, Ontario
Red Lake, Ontario
• The Red Lake Gold Camp
• Baird Gold Property
Maps and Images | Projects Overview  "Burns" Claim Block Property
Northwestern Ontario General Location Map Click to Enlarge
 Rainy River Gold Exploration Claims Map Click to Enlarge The Bayfield Ventures' "Burns" claim block abuts the eastern boundary of Rainy River Resources (TSX-V: RR) main ODM17 gold zone Richardson Township property in northwestern Ontario. Access to the "Burns" property is attained via numerous all-weather, secondary provincial highways (gravel) and township roads, which lead off of paved provincial highways 11 and 71. These routes traverse the region and provide excellent ingress to the property.  Rainy River District Total Regional Field Magnetic Data Map Click to Enlarge The property is located near the international boundary with Minnesota. The nearest population centre is Fort Frances, 50 km to the southwest. Bayfield's properties lie within the Rainy River Greenstone Belt. This belt is one component of the western part of the Archean Wabigoon Subprovince of the Canadian Shield, a 900 km long east-west trending metavolcanic-metasedimentary domain bordered and intruded by granitoid intrusions of up to batholithic dimensions. The Wabigoon Subprovince is composed of several tectonically bounded assemblages consisting of komatiitic to calc-alkalic metavolcanics overlain by clastic and minor chemical sediments. Intrusion of the granitoid domes has imparted a synformal structural character to the supracrustal rocks, and the central axial zones of many of these synformal belts may be characterized by long sinuous shear / fault zones.
 Rainy River District Geology Click to Enlarge
Hole NR08-283 was collared near the eastern boundary of Rainy River Resources' property but deviated eastward where, approximately 30 metres inside Bayfield's "Burns" property at the -420 metre level, it intersected a 4.5 metre interval grading 7.34 g/t gold within 10.5 metres grading 3.54 g/t gold. Drill hole NR08-294, targeting the relatively high-grade assay intervals in hole NR08-280, intersected a 4.5 metre interval grading 2.24 g/t gold of the down-dip extension of the zone at the 263 metre level. The holes NR08-296 and NR08-304 targeted the east extension of the ODM17 zone intersected in hole NR08-283. NR08-296 cut a broad 25 metre interval grading 0.89 g/t gold. Hole NR08-304 intersected 43.5 metres grading 0.78 g/t gold including two zones from 178.5 to 183 metres and 204 to 208.5 metres grading 2.0 g/t gold and 3.0 g/t gold respectively. The option agreement was subsequently terminated when Rainy River Resources failed to spend the required exploration expenditures by November 2008. Three diamond drill holes totalling 1509 metres were completed on the Burns Block property in February 2010. The holes were along the western edge of the property and completed a section immediately on strike with the eastern end of the "ODM17" zone of Rainy River Resources. The ODM17 zone is known to extend from Rainy River Resources' ground onto Bayfield's Burns Block. All three holes encountered gold values in the same litho-structural settings that host the ODM17 Zone and North Zone on Rainy River Resources' property. Gold mineralization is widespread within a sheared felsic pyroclastic sequence. Gold grade appears to be strongly influenced by proximity to the margins of strong sericitic alteration within the shear system.
Drilling on the property has confirmed the widespread distribution of gold within two litho-structural intervals directly on strike with the ODM17 Zone and North Zone of Rainy River Resources.
Burns Block and B Block Map Showing Drill Holes Click to Enlarge Rainy River Resources' March 2010 NI 43-101 shows an indicated resource of 2.37 million ounces of gold (averaged at 1.3 g/t) and inferred resources of 2.66 million ounces of gold (averaged at 1.2 g/t). Of the total 5.03 million ounces Au inferred and indicated, 4.09 million ounces Au are contained within open pit parameters and the remaining 0.94 million ounces Au are below open pit depths. Both shallow and deeper (below open pit depths) intercepts reported by Bayfield Ventures along the strike extension of the ODM17 Zone of Rainy River Resources indicate that well above gold cut-off grade material continues onto the Burns Block.  Burns Block Cross Section Looking East Click to Enlarge The zones of mineralization occur in felsic metavolcanics within zones of stronger penetrative foliation. The foliation is near coincident with the strike and dip of the lithologies. Gold grade appears to be strongly influenced by proximity to the margins of strong sericitic alteration within the shear system. The zones strike at 120 degrees and dip at around 50 degrees to the southeast on the Burns Block property.
Bayfield Ventures' phase 2 drilling is underway on the Burns Block to establish additional strike length, grade and tenor of the gold mineralization both above and below open pit parameters. A minimum of 20,000 metres of diamond drilling is being carried out by the Company on its Rainy River District gold properties. The objective of this drill program is to continue to explore and expand the extension and continuity of gold mineralization that is being delineated in the ODM17 and North Zones by Rainy River Resources on their ground adjacent to Bayfield's properties. The Company is well financed with $4,000,000 in its treasury to carry out the proposed drilling.
 Rainy River Burns Block June 2010 Hole #8 Core Picture Click to Enlarge Claim Block "B" Property
Northwestern Ontario General Location Map Click to Enlarge
Rainy River Gold Exploration Claims Map Click to Enlarge Bayfield Ventures' "B" claim block, totaling approximately 480 hectares, abuts the eastern boundary of Rainy River Resources' (TSX-V: RR) main 433 gold zone Richardson Township property in northwestern Ontario. Access to the "B" Block property is attained via numerous all-weather, secondary provincial highways (gravel) and township roads, which lead off of paved provincial highways 11 and 71. These routes traverse the region and provide excellent ingress to the property. Rainy River District Total Regional Field Magnetic Data Map Click to Enlarge The "B" claim property is located near the international boundary with Minnesota. The nearest population centre is Fort Frances, 50 km to the southwest. Bayfield's properties lie within the Rainy River Greenstone Belt. This belt is one component of the western part of the Archean Wabigoon Subprovince of the Canadian Shield, a 900 km long east-west trending metavolcanic-metasedimentary domain bordered and intruded by granitoid intrusions of up to batholithic dimensions. The Wabigoon Subprovince is composed of several tectonically bounded assemblages consisting of komatiitic to calc-alkalic metavolcanics overlain by clastic and minor chemical sediments. Intrusion of the granitoid domes has imparted a synformal structural character to the supracrustal rocks, and the central axial zones of many of these synformal belts may be characterized by long sinuous shear / fault zones.
Rainy River District Geology Click to Enlarge In December 2008, Bayfield Ventures completed a 4 hole drill program (1192 metres in total) concentrated in the southwest corner of the "B" claim block. Mineralization on the "B" claim block was encountered in felsic pyroclastics flanking a strong north-south trending growth fault on the property. The fault is the most easterly of a series of north-south trending faults in the area. A number of distinct pebbly pyroclastic units abut this fault and trend off to the southwest.
Rodren Drill Rig on B Claim Block Click to Enlarge Strongly elevated gold values have been encountered along this fault and significant gold values were obtained in Bayfield's hole RR08-2, which intersected 5.7 grams per tonne gold over 2 metres in pyroclastic units abutting the fault. The intercept in RR08-2 was within a 21 metre thick zone with elevated to strongly anomalous gold values. All 4 holes encountered wide sections of elevated to strongly anomalous gold values. These gold values are typically associated with sulfides and elevated zinc values.
Burns Block and B Block Map Showing Drill Holes Click to Enlarge Hole RR08-1 encountered elevated to strongly anomalous gold values of 200 ppb to 1900 ppb Au over 38.8 metres from 92 metres to 130.8 metres, including 1.95 g/t Au over 1 metre from 99.7 metres to 100.7 metres. Hole RR08-2 encountered elevated to strongly anomalous gold values over a 21 metre intersection from 251 metres to 272 metres including 5.7 g/t Au (.17 oz/t Au) over 2 metres from 257 metres to 259 metres. Hole RR08-3 encountered elevated to strongly anomalous gold values from 177 metres to 188 metres. Hole RR08-4 encountered elevated to strongly anomalous gold values of 200 ppb to 900 ppb Au over 28 metres from 26.5 metres to 54.5 metres.
The mineralization encountered on Bayfield's "B" claim block occurs in an environment similar to that hosting gold values on Bayfield's Burns Block and on the main ODM17 zone of Rainy River Resources, all to the southwest. It is very likely that some of the lithological units are correlative across the area. All of this augers well for defining deposit scale mineralization on ground held by Bayfield Ventures in the immediate area. The Company is of the opinion that the highly altered dacitic tuff breccia zone, seen in Rainy River Resources' core, continues in an easterly trend onto the "B" claim block held 100% by Bayfield Ventures.
Bayfield believes that the geological setting on the "B" claim block is similar to drill results announced by Rainy River Resources reporting a new high-grade gold discovery with up to 12.17 g/t gold over 5.2 metres. This gold discovery is located approximately 800 metres from the southwest portion of Bayfield's "B" claim block. Rainy River Resources' March 2010 NI 43-101 shows an indicated resource of 2.37 million ounces of gold (averaged at 1.3 g/t) and inferred resources of 2.66 million ounces of gold (averaged at 1.2 g/t). Of the total 5.03 million ounces Au inferred and indicated, 4.09 million ounces Au are contained within open pit parameters and the remaining 0.94 million ounces Au are below open pit depths. Bayfield Ventures is carrying out a minimum of 20,000 metres of diamond drilling on its Rainy River District gold properties. The Company is well financed with $4,000,000 in its treasury to carry out the proposed drilling. Claim Block "C" Property
Northwestern Ontario General Location Map Click to Enlarge
Rainy River Gold Exploration Claims Map Click to Enlarge Bayfield Ventures' "C" claim block, consisting of 49 units totaling approximately 800 hectares, abuts the western boundary of Rainy River Resources' (TSX-V: RR) Richardson Township property in northwestern Ontario. Access to the property is attained via numerous all-weather, secondary provincial highways (gravel) and township roads, which lead off of paved provincial highways 11 and 71. These routes traverse the region and provide excellent ingress to the property. Rainy River District Total Regional Field Magnetic Data Map Click to Enlarge The "C" claim property is located near the international boundary with Minnesota. The nearest population centre is Fort Frances, 50 kilometres to the southwest. Bayfield's properties lie within the Rainy River Greenstone Belt. This belt is one component of the western part of the Archean Wabigoon Subprovince of the Canadian Shield, a 900 km long east-west trending metavolcanic-metasedimentary domain bordered and intruded by granitoid intrusions of up to batholithic dimensions. The Wabigoon Subprovince is composed of several tectonically bounded assemblages consisting of komatiitic to calc-alkalic metavolcanics overlain by clastic and minor chemical sediments. Intrusion of the granitoid domes has imparted a synformal structural character to the supracrustal rocks, and the central axial zones of many of these synformal belts may be characterized by long sinuous shear / fault zones.
Rainy River District Geology Click to Enlarge
 Claim Block "C" EM Conductor Click to Enlarge A tightly spaced line-cut grid consisting of approximately 70 kilometres was established on the Claim Block "C" property. Bayfield Ventures carried out a detailed Magnetometer survey and an Electro-Magnetic (EM) survey with Dan Patrie Explorations. The geophysical program was designed to establish targets that will be diamond drilled. The property has a large area of low lying acreage and swampland, so the work program was designed to utilize winter access to the maximum and to allow a comprehensive drill program to follow.
 Claim Block "C" Ground Magnetic Survey Click to Enlarge
 Claim Block "C" Overburden Drilling Click to Enlarge Rainy River Resources' March 2010 NI 43-101 shows an indicated resource of 2.37 million ounces of gold (averaged at 1.3 g/t) and inferred resources of 2.66 million ounces of gold (averaged at 1.2 g/t). Of the total 5.03 million ounces Au inferred and indicated, 4.09 million ounces Au are contained within open pit parameters and the remaining 0.94 million ounces Au are below open pit depths. |
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