To: geoffreycs who wrote (4678 ) 10/9/1999 7:28:00 AM From: Chuca Marsh Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 5143
Answer, as someone else in a conventional non convention deposit search criteria format has found gold in similar but differant volcanic influences of geology...I theorize that the Limestones 2,000+ feet below leached out the METALs into the Volcanic Geology...hope this helps you understand that it ain't a scam, it's ...GEOLOGY, Geoguys! Message 11454845 Message 11454845 siliconinvestor.com asked how many samples were taken.... about two truckloads worth. A few till samples where we were able to find till, lots of stream samples, lots of auger core samples, and rocks from every outcrop we could find. It will take months to sort through all of this, however our style is to run precursor samples of anything that looks interesting then follow-through on positive hits. Metals come first because they are fast and cheap. When we found the gold rich samples in August we sat on the results because we were not sure this story had technical integrity and "legs" to carry throughout the regional stratigraphy. The September results confirmed this new dimension to the Chinchaga "stew" and we announced the results as soon as they were received to inform the shareholders and to unburden ourselves of a disclosure responsibility we had been carrying since late-August. Our plan now is to disclose on a current basis as results arrive. This means that shareholders can expect choppy results with each batch of analyses since it will be awhile before we can assemble the data and smooth it out. Of course, we will be criticized for not presenting a complete picture, but the alternative is to shut off the information flow until all the results are assembled into a statistical package. We can't please everyone. Someone called in and asked about the nature of the host rock. Its a volcaniclastic rock, that is a volcanic ejecta or rock that formed from stuff thrown out of a volcano. Its current appearance is that of a coarse mudstone, really ugly, with chunks of lappilli or clay balls formed by wet volcanic ash and oolited, little balls that form by rolling around in shallow water. The rock is also saturated with sulphides. We have pictures on our website. There is little to no carbonate or limestone in the rock or nearby and we have no quartz veining to speak of. Only some very rare carbonate veining. Don't know why. Come to think of it there's a lot we have to learn about this new mineralization. As to the size of the samples, the initial ones were standard specimens, treated according to the usual rules regarding gold exploration. That is small bags of, say, about half a kilo split out from the larger samples shipped down by truck, crushed and ground and sampled with a one-assay ton aliquot, that is, about 30gms. This is a universal standard for exploration and most development projects. However, we will likely escalate this into total bulk extraction on 100Kg samples within a month or so. This procedure is really a mini-mini-mill production test that has the great benefit of evening out nugget effects and grade spikes. Its not complicated. In fact, gold is really easy to work with compared to anything else (diamond analysis is difficult). Gold is easy to detect, easy to concentrate, easy to measure and the results are completely reliable. The fire assay technique is the be all and end all, its absolutely simple and absolutely reliable and very inexpensive, about $15 including lab preparation charges, compared to $1,500 to $5,000 per diamond sample. .../// and also:Message 11468780 Message 11468780 siliconinvestor.com ..>> Chucka-Volcano-Hi,Mike&Jeanne and all ...been up in Alberta figureatively for Awhile...not literally so I thought I could help...with the above.