RE:RE:RE:RE:DH AAX-07-17 (2007 historical drill hole)Hey Goldhunter11,
Thanks for the additional info.
AAX-07-16
´´.......was intended to verify the possible extension of the East Sullivan mine at the interface between the felsic and intermediate volcanics.``
´´The hole intersected intermediate tuffs and andesites and ended in to monzodiorite.´´
I think a common felsic rock is granite, and I believe granite is usually part of intrusives. I think Alexandria was checking to see if the East Sullivan Mine deposit was extended onto its property, with special focus placed on where the volcanic rocks interfaces with an intrusive body.
Tuffs and andesites are volcanic rocks. Monzodiorite is similar to diorite, but perhaps monzodiorite could be a bit harder. They are both intrusive rocks. It looks like the drill hole ended in an intrusive. There was a tiny bit of gold (.28 g/t Au over .60m) found deep into the drill hole - at 272.4m point of the DH. Perhaps the bit of gold showed up (at the end) as soon at the drill reached the intrusive (and completion of the hole). We don`t know if it is possible to test further as we don`t know which direction the drill was pointed in - it could have reached the property boundary, if pointed in the East Sullivan Mine direction.
As a side note, I mentioned previously about the 2 big plugs that were drilled and the 2 porphyry/plugs to be drilled soon (discovered from via historical drill holes), as well have the 7 new targets discovered through geophysics. I forgot to mention one additional target - located (on Alexandria`s property) directly south of Integra`s Triangle Plug. It looks like it was drilled with one hole in the last drill round, but with no plugs at the drill hole position. However, it looks like they moved the geophysical target immediately to the right, which a mag high reading appears to be located.
As the end of the day, we have 12 (2+2+7+1) targets to test in the general Triangle Too location.
I just noticed you mentioned that the drills were point south. This likely means that the instrusive hit at the end of hole 18 is on Alexandria`s property. I am now starting to wonder if the monzodiorite intrusive hit by hole 18 is this high mag target location I just discussed. I don`t know.
AAX-07-17
It looks like this drill hole came into contact with some shear sections as well. There seems to be some similarities with this drill hole area with our Orenada deposit area.
AAX-07-18
´´......intersected altered sediments and pyrite in fractures.´´
Good that you found a bit on info on hole 18. It seems to be located not too far from one of our new geophysical targets highlighted on pg 14 of the Sept 20th presentation.
Remember, alterations typically means that hydrothermals fluids (heated up from interactions with the hot magma) have been splattered onto the rocks. It`s just a matter of if the fluids picked up any minerals when it was down below. Also, as we know, pyrite often has a good relationship with gold.
AAX-07-19
``intersected a highly sheared quartz-diorite in the beginning, followed by sediments. The sediments are lightly sheared and sericitized."
It looks like they encountered some shears in the beginning, within an intrusive (indicated by the diorite). They tend moved out of the instrusive and into sediments (displaced material). It looks like the shearing continued into the sediments, but only lightly. The ``sericitized`` comment indicates that the sediments received splashes of hydrothermal fluids. The drill hole did not show any gold until the 300.20m mark (.38 g/t Au over 1.80m). The gold was likely found in the sediments. If true, it would suggest that the gold was supplied by the hydrothermal fluids. As such, the sediments in that area might warrant a tiny bit more testing at some point later down the road. As mentioned in my previous post, I think hole 19 is located west of all our current geophysical targets, thus not influencing those current targets.
As a site note, I`ve felt for a while now that Orenada has 2 - 3 million ounce potential (or more), but it needs continued success with mapping out the high grade quartz veins (which I thnik is coming), step out success within Orenada 4 and Orenada 2 (also on the way, I think), and success with new discoveries on both the east side and the west side (which I think we will eventually see plenty of). I wouldn`t rule out deep undergound potential also.