FYI eyewatch, Peter B, et all...
pendragon posted the following on SH, a compilation of info from SUF/WSP chatlines, and maps:
The latest talk on the WSP forum has focused on the SOURCE i.e. possible Pipe...of the Snap Lake Dyke system. There has been some interesting talk between WillP Gee10 and others. After reading this, you should compare the WSP (http://www.winspear.com/s/ProjectInformation.asp?PropertyInfoID=96&PropertyMapID=212),,
DSP(http://www.diamondexresources.com/i/maps/propertymap.gif)) and
SUF(http://www.southernera.com/images/Dave/Map03.jpg)) maps.
SUF controls a HUGE chunk of land just North and East of Snap Lake. Will is leaning towards the possible source being located on the King property owned by Diamondex. Gee10 is leaning is leaning to the North East and SUF's property. All of this speculation is certainly interesting, especially in light of the rumours of WSP and DB's interest in SUF's claim.
I guess it's worth a repost (there's more info on the Stockwatch WSP forum at wwwa.canada-stockwatch.com if anybody'sinterested:
Author: WillP -- Date:2000-08-05 18:39:00
Subject: The Source Theory
I spent all of yesterday mulling over the formally released data, a few anecdotal tidbits also buried in formal releases, some additional, seemingly meaningless items culled from idle chats, and a few extra dollops gleaned recently.
So...
THE AMENDED TONGUE THEORY:
With thanks to "Jspec" who started mulling this stuff over about a year ago. I should also acknowledge "Gee10"'s post that leads off this thread for getting me off my behind...
DIAMOND COUNTS: Something tells me that the diamond counts will be higher the closer one gets to the source. There's no clear, hard reason for this, but there it is. Others seem to think so too, I guess.
Anyway. I recalculated the data that "Gee10" arrived at, going back to get the actual numbers of diamonds found in each grid. I used the latest map. Alhough there are indeed differences from earlier ones, that difference is likely due to the inclusion method used. Remember that most of the drill holes are on boundaries of two to four different grid squares. If there actually were mistakes, which I rather
doubt, then I hae to assume that the latest one is accurate.
In any case, it matters little. I have smoothed the data by taking an average of all the squares around. If we're doing M15, for instance...then eight M15s are included in the sum, along with one for each of the surrounding eight grid squares. In other words, the actual results for each grid square will account for 50% of the sum, all else being equal. It's called "smoothing", basically.
Once smoothed...I summed the data by numeric rows. These values are rounded to reflect the proper accuracy, which is about 1.5 sig figs at best.
Col 10& 500 Col 11 650 Col 12 900 Col 13 1000 Col 14 1050 Col 15 1050 Col 16 1100 Col 17 1215 Col 18 1100 Col 19 950 Col 20 850 Col 21 850 Col 22* 1500 & - There well may not be any kimberlite here. The inclusion of this row results from the smoothing process only.
* - This figure results from the smoothing procedure also. The high number results from the high rate of diamonds present in a tiny sample taken from L21. It's not considered accurate as a result.
So, "Gee10"'s conclusion seems reasonable. There may or may not be an increase as you head east, toward higher column numbers.
But why stop there? Let's look at the rows as well. So...
Row E& 300 Row F 850 Row G 1130 Row H 950 Row I 800 Row J 800 Row K 950 Row L 1060 Row M 1060 Row N 1060 Row O 1070 Row P* 1100 & - No holes on this row, results from the smoothing process only of one "F" hole.
* - No holes on this row, results from the smoothing process of three "O" holes.
Summary: There seems to be a definite increase in diamond counts heading north.
CONCLUSION: Diamond counts increase heading north, and appear to reach a maxima at column 17 heading east. In other words, the diamond counts reach a maxima toward "P17".
DIKE DEPTH: I think it's time to revise the thinking about the dike orientation. This thinking started in response to "FundamentalThinker"'s question days ago.
I have sufficient data to contour the dyke, quite accurately, in general terms. The southwest and northwest dikes appear to be part of the same system - that is, one dike.
The shallowest portions occur on the NW peninsula, where they outcrop, and to the SE, where they well may outcrop as well. Taken in the global context, the dike does not slope to the east, but toward the north-northeast. The deepest portions drilled to date are likely in the P15 to P18 range.
This area of maximum and increasing depth corresponds with the best diamond counts. As well, the angle of the dike's dip is likely to be at a maxima in this area. The shallower portions of the dike's dip are more or less along a line running from J11 through L17, corresponding to the fault running along the north shore. (There seems to be a "hump upward" here, in other words.)
CONCLUSION I would go looking for the source somewhere to the north of Q17.
Regards,
WillP
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Author: gee10 -- Date:2000-08-05 19:08:53
Subject: You old smoothy
Thanks Will (Sherlock) and well done!
I think that we are dealing with a failed pipe and I agree that it's source is in the direction that the dyke's dip and CF results are pointing too. There is an intrusion of kimberlite from the source that extends to the south, southwest and perhaps southeast. The question is - Are there extensions or seperate pedals of the "flower like" intrusion in other directions that would be of interest to DSP or even KLA to follow up on?
G10
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