Arctic Star Diamond Corp. and Tres-Or Resources Ltd. have intersected, in the first hole drilled into the Lapointe 1 target on the Temagami North claims, weathered and serpentinized kimberlitic breccia at 93 metres. This hole was drilled northward at an inclination of 62.5 degrees, and the casing was set entering kimberlitic bedrock at 93 metres down hole. Drilling is continuing, and plans call for at least four holes to test different parts of this large anomaly, estimated from the magnetic signature at 20 hectares at the surface. Preliminary visual observations reveal that the kimberlitic breccia is a greenish-grey colour, mostly unconsolidated, serpentinized and rich in calcite. It has a macrocrystic texture, with rare, well-preserved purple Cr-pyrope garnets, emerald-green chrome diopsides, forsteritic olivine and black oxides, with limestone xenoliths up to two centimetres in diameter.
Lots of diamonds in there too as you can't have
with rare, well-preserved purple Cr-pyrope garnets, emerald-green chrome diopsides, forsteritic olivine and black oxides, with limestone xenoliths up to two centimetres in diameter.
All the above in visual core with no diamonds |
