Howe’s

site visit (2000) to the adjacent Wildcat’s Poundmaker property also indicates that the gold-bearing quartz vein is hosted

within carbonate altered mafic volcanic rocks rather than quartz diorite and fine grained mafic dykes as suggested by

previous data (Richardson and Ostry 1996 citing Weber 1971)........................................

There are a number of major regional fault structures in the Rice Lake area. The major structures that trend in a

generally east-west direction are the most prominent and movement along these structures has developed conjugate

shear zones that splay off to the north and south. In addition there has probably been thrust faulting in the early stages

of the deformation of the area, however, these structures are difficult to identify....................................

The Normandy fault and the other shear zones all appear to be splays off of the Wanipigow, which, from east to west,

splay off from the south side of the Wanipigow Fault, initially trending to the southwest and then gradually swinging to

a west to west northwest strike direction. Beyond the west boundary of the map area some of the shears veer back up

and rejoin the south side of the Wanipigow Fault

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