Bass Mountain Claim Group | | Copper, precious metal and uranium in parallel structures | The Bass Mountain group of claims produced unknown quantities of precious metals and oxidised copper ores during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Surface mapping by Great Western and previous explorers has outlined parallel copper, precious metals, and uranium bearing structures. The copper bearing structures are believed to be so-called Manto or Skarn replacement bodies, where mineralised fluids have replaced sedimentary rocks. Precious metals occurring in quartz veins, and the hydrothermal uranium and precious metal vein at the Bass Mine, represent higher temperature mineralisation developed along normal faults parallel to the copper mineralisation. | | Good uranium grab samples | - A grab sample from an old stockpile at the northern-most workings of the old Bass Mine graded almost 0.2% U308, while a bulk sample from the upper adit of the Bass Mine located 250 metres northwest graded 0.35% U308, as well as 4.5 grammes per tonne (g/t) gold and 163 (g/t) silver.
| | High grade copper grab samples | - Grab samples of copper oxide grade up t o 8% copper from copper skarns (replacement structures), grab samples from quartz veins grade up to 9 grammes per tonne gold, and over 1,000 g/t silver, while uranium grab samples grade up to 0.35% U308, 2 g/t gold, and 149 g/t silver at the Bass Mine workings.
| Southwest Huntoon Mine Claim Group | | Possible porphyry targets | The company has recently staked a large number of full sized claims close to the old Huntoon Mine. The steep slopes of a pronounced magnetic high anomaly suggest it could represent mineralised igneous masses at moderate depths. This is characteristic of copper or copper-molybdenum porphyries in this age of rocks. High grade oxidised Manto style copper mineralisation is exposed in a northeast trending zone 3 to 6 metres wide over 700 metres strike length. Grades of up to 4.1% copper were recorded, while high silver values were recorded in a number of samples. Furthermore, the acid soluble copper component was very high. | The Southern Claims | | Heap leaching | Recent mapping work has outlined a northwest trending oxidised Manto/Skarn type copper structure. This encouraging information has prompted a further phase of staking. This area has the benefit of a spring and other indications of the availability of water. In addition, although no drilling has beenundertaken to confirm the resource, a suitable site for heap leach pads has been identified. The company intends to initially undertake the required environmental study on the leach pad site whilst further exploration is underway. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 16:51 )
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