FIRST MOST -
Jun 1, 2020 — Wallbridge's Sudbury Properties relative to known mines and dominant ... pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite mineralization within sublayer ...
167 pages
Wallbridge knows about these important minerals -
pyrrhotite, pentlandite, ( nickel )
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Bugg Lake - is positioned - quite close to Scadding mine. ( approx 1 km slight north west )
The report i'm reading speaks about the iron and sericite which is a form of, mica, muskovite,
What's so noticable about this portion of the Reports is,
The ) chlorite ) green coloration is present around the iron and micas ( sericite )
In my opinion,
Sudbury received much of the irons and nickel ores.
While east side recieved the - carbonates and intrusion of salt waters.
As sson as i saw, a form of mica,
I couldn't help but think of the - biotite, vermiculite that converts to - seprpentine + chloric.
Could this be the smoking gun ? A potential nickel mineral - hidden in the - mica group -
Comes in contact with - caustic limes + salt waters - solubilizes into green solution ?
Could this - green colored rock - have been misidentified ?
Could it be a species of nickel - in solution ?
It's been used loosely for many decades describing rocks from Manitoulin to Espanola to Lake Wanapetei -
All it takes is one geolofist
to use the terminology, and all others thereafter could follow suit.
Second - trip step ?
Continued - fire assaying - on various samples taken over the decades, unbeknown, or not aware that nickel in hydroxide form - ( solution form ) - is sensitive to high heat assaying.
WHAT'S NEEDED IS...
Eyes that can spot the iron, muskovites, and green coloration solution rocks -
Other forms of assaying that zeros in on, the iron and mica and pyrite groups, looking for a hidden nickel with in.
PAGE 21 -
Strong carbonatization with associated quartz and quartz-iron carbonate veining is noted in and around the carbonate schist on line 4+OON at 3+40H. A second pit, 100 seter to the south, has a similar alteration package with the development of strong, foliation controlled sericite (sericite schist) and strong, spotty chloritization.
Outcroppings or arkose within a 200 Meter radius of these pits exhibit varying degrees of iron carbonatization, calcite alteration and albitization. A large zone, Measuring 350 Meters X 350 Meters, occurs along the east side of Spar Lake. Larger outcrops within the zone exhibit strong, fracture controlled albitization and Moderate, fracture controlled heaatization. Iron carbonate alteration varies froa aoderate to strong and occurs as subhedral rhoabs. Quartz stringers are coaaonly associated with the iron carbonate.
The southern edge of this alteration package is characterized by increased brecciation. Breccia aatrices consist of iron carbonate with ainor quartz stringers. Moderate to strong albitization and iron carbonate alteration was encountered in aost of the outcrops around the periphery of Spar Lake. Quartz-iron carbonate veinlets are frequently encountered within these outcrops. Zones of significant sulphide aineralization are localized on the Bugg Lake property and tend to occur priaarily within the aetasediaentary rocks. No aineralization was encountered in the diabase with the
exception of a single locality along the Gowganda-diabase contact at 2+85N. liberalization in this area consisted of 1-22 fracture controlled and spotty pyrite with Minor amounts of malachite. Host areas of sulphide enrichment appear to be associated with zones of increased alteration. Local outcrops of albitized Gowganda metasediment, from lines 1+OOS and 6*SOS, contain between 3-55: disseminated pyrite with trace amounts of blebby chalcopyrite.
Similar percentages were encountered in quartz veining adjacent to the carbonate schist unit along line 4+OON. -- Spotty pyrite and chalcopyrite were noted in the surrounding outcrops. The highest sulphide concentrations on the claim group occur in a large albitized outcrop of Serpent arkose along the west side of Spar Lake. The outcrop contains two open cuts which have 5-72 disseminated pyrite, with local accumulations to 202. Spotty arsenopyrite is also noted within this mineralized zone.
LINK - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwitt7eRgcf6AhUXk4kEHZiRAL4QFnoECA8QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca%2Fmndmfiles%2Fafri%2Fdata%2Fimaging%2F41
I10NE0095%2F%2F41I10NE0095.Pdf&usg=AOvVaw3c6e1ML9NV8oNVFcAfeKQz My own takeaway ? Eyes too focused on, quartz, and gold.
Dismissing the obvious, irons, sulphides, micas, pyrites that are highly associated to the irons.
Thow in limestone or calcium and you'll create an ideal caustic acid to leach and bleed the minerals unseen with in the irons and micas -
WHEN the green colorations could be revealing an entirely different geology -
( copper, pink cobalt in albatite, green nickel ) if ever samples seen -
different assaying. Our Scadd mine was near exclusive - fire assaying -
Cept one press that stated the Bristol showed - cobalt.
Again, chlorite has been used too loosely describing the green colorations.
It's one of those reports that speaks in - observations - with lacluster in depth - really want ot know what the minerals are - and in my opinion, lots of decriptive words but never really nailing it
Our 200m meter depth drills ( most )
are merely scratching the surface when compared to the depths of Sudbury - big mines.
BMK could poke for years - the upper lenses - trying to describe what they're seeing or finding.
Or... match the hatch of Sudbury ores.
And rethink it with a twist.
Ask... what would happen to the irons, micas, and various forms of pyrites, if altered with salt water and carbonate calciums which can be quite caustic to create the environment of, alterations and conversions of minerals into hydroxides and various color forms.
This east side of Sudbury... the minerals have bene altered.
Not your typical - ohhh, there's cobalt, or, copper, or, nickel... in the usual form.
Helps all the more -
wearing several sets of glasses, looking for other minerals besides gold.
A huge tip off... was in the last report - 622 page report - former Scadd operator -
was the fact the mag survey was noticing how the - chlorite was giving off signals like iron.
First question should be is... how much of the iron bearing minerals, copper, nickel and cobalt have gone into solution ?
PAGE 29 - from link above - Sulphide Mineralization consists of pyrite, chalcopyrite */- bornite. Areas of Malachite staining are present throughout a large pit which Measures 20M X i10m x 5m (deep). Chalcopyrite and pyrite Mineralization appears to be concentrated along the northern face of this pit with local accuMulations reaching 20% chalcopyrite */- pyrite with possible Minor bornite.
PAGE 31 - 32 - 33 Serpent Formation; The Quirke Lake Group is further exposed in the map areas by the presence of Serpent Formation arkoses and wackes. These rocks cover the entire west and southwest portions of the
Bugg Lake claim group. The
arkosic rocks predominate and consist of fine to medium grained,
greyish pink to locally red mixture of quartz and feldspar with possible minor
sericite.
( There's the Serpent shwoing up around Bug gLake and the - Sercite mica - colors of pinks )
( carbonates = mineral alterations = colors ) And.. below caption from page 32 - can't forgret about the
greywackes - argillites - silt clays are even showing the colors -
green. Layering in the wackes consists of alternating dark, siliceous bands with lighter more feldspar rich bands. Wackes with well developed layering tend to have the fewest pebbles. Argillites are very fine grained,
dark greenish grey rocks that are Moderate to strongly layered and/or foliated. Compositionally the
argillites consist of chlorite and clay minerals. Arkosic interlayers are frequently observed within the greywacke-pebble wacke package. Arkoses are medium grained,
pinkish white to grey rocks that consist of a mixture of quartz, feldspar,
chlorite */- carbonate. Locally the arkosic interlayers display small scale bedding or crossbedding.
Again - carbonate presence with several colorations.
PAGE 36 - 37 - Classic vein hunter - only looking for veins and testing veins
when the veins are with in the iron formation - not one tohught of, what the veins would collect when once molten silica on its wat up form - iron formation.
Hor silicous liquids coming up from a fissure or crack in irons will certainly harbor minerals from the irons - only a portion of what is in the host irons would show itself with in the quartz veining - ot tihnk - most rocks that are assayed are from - veins - wink.
Imagine what host rock would tell ?
lol
The veins consist of widely varying proportions of quartz and Ca-Hg-Fe carbonate (breunnerite). Rare to locally trace-2%, finely disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, magnetite and specularite are present within and adjacent to the veins. Historical data suggests that gold ineralization is present as Microscopic grains associated with the sulphide Mineralization and to a lesser extent as free gold. Previous sampling of old overburden trenches in this zone returned values of 300-10,000 ppb gold. PAGE - 59 - the reoccuring flaw - quartz sampling and fire assaying.
Dismissing the irons, micas, pyrites, various colors in other matrizes.
A total of 32 samples were collected on the Red Rock grid with the remaining 12 samples occurring on the Ashigami Lake claims. Due to time and funding constraints only 2 of the 32 samples from the Red Rock Property were collected from newly excavated, trenched zones. All 12 samples from the Ashigami Lake Property were taken from area of new trenching and stripping. Analysis of the samples was done by XRAY.Laboratories Ltd. in Don Hills, Ontario using conventional fire assay, direct current plasma methods. When one really thinks about it....and asks,.. Does cobalt come from - aresenopyrites - yes
Does copper come from pyrites - yes
Does nicke lcome from pyrites - yes.
Do carbonates and salt waters alter minerals - yes.
What was most saught out = veining.
What was most avoided = irons and pyrites and micas.
Where do pyrites and micas stem from = irons.
I remember seeing a Mc D photo - whereas, they were either at the glade, railway, or powerline, and in the back drop of photo was an iron formation outcrop - i distinctly remember posting a comment saying - hit the irons... ( pyrites, chalcopyrites, pyrrhorites, aresnopyrites, vermiculites and so many more with in the irons.
PAGE - 65 - is interesting speaking about the albitite sediments -
Of note - Abitite can be known to host - Uranium.
So... if we place ourselves at Scadd mine and walk aover the Bristol outcrop, we'd be in the supposed ( historical ) urnaium showing - what would be deadahead 1000m -
Bugg Lake.
Page 65 speaks about the
Albitite / feldspar / micas sediments.
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Also to note.... ( numerous reports concur )
The breccia lense is also arounf Bugg lake and Ashigami Lake,
Breccia zone with ( cough cough chloritization ) has the gold.
https://link.springer.com › article by JF Montreuil · 2015 · Cited by 43 — Albitite-hosted U deposits are characterized by discontinuous U-rich occurrences over several tens of kilometers hosted in extensive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAGE 76 - remarks on rock samples - keep in mind - fire assayed - too vein slap happy.
Watch for the irons and colorations - pinks greens, and ) ( i-t-e-s) like pyrrhotites jumping out and know that veining would harbor far less of this good stuff than, host rock. It all begins with what the geologist deems worthy of assaying. in my opinion, east side of Suds, has been gravely overlooked for - REE's. Carbonates and Irons - are associated to - REE's.
Veining and carbonate quartz are an intrusive - slithered in between the irons.
It would harbor less of the - pyrrhotites and argillites, and every kind of - ITE -
AS MOST KNOW - major depoists are found along side and with the - ITES.
Chalcopyrite,Cobaltite, Nickel - anyone - wink.
PAGE - 82 - Chalco = copper + Pyrrholtite = nickel ( most often ) Buhedral qtz and epidote cryatala preaent within vuga. pie auiier: 228516 Saaple Typa:Coapoaite Chip Proparty:Red Rock Grid farthing: 15*93 H Grid laatlag:l*30 B
Deacrlption:Strongly aheared gabbro exhibiting
strong chlorite and calcite. Zone alao contains 10-15 % ahear controlled qtz(Fe-Carb.) 8tringera\lenaea. Sample containa trace, locally 1-2 %, coahlned pyrite \
chalcopyrite \ pyrrhotite. The PDF report is old style -
this editor box is not recognizing the fonts WHEN COPIED / PASTED - hence - spelling is off.
Again... too ultra focused on the veining - quartz.
This chlorite ( or other ) could also be a clacite /calcium alteration in greens.
Some lakes with high calcium content turn green.
What intrigues me most ?
Whether a fissure or fault,, the green colors come forth... along with, quartz and calcium.
and... if veining - such provides a window to what's below .
Veining carrying forward to surface - mineralization found below.
I find most focus too muchon the veining -when.. .the veining should be looked at as, a small faction of what is hosted with in the host rock- like irons... which then, correlates with, all the pyrite family - which is where the larger depoists are found.
I'd rather see iron formation with all kinds of pyrites drilled.
Than, a sneek peek of veining that only captured a small ppm value on it's way up to surface.
If Sudbury is reknown for iron and nivkel and copper andgold.
And if anyone has ever seen Sudbury... it's iron all the way baby.
Anyways.... thought i'd share a more tid bits.
Interesting it is... that Wallbridge's sudbury claims -
Have the - - pyrrhotites, pentlandites, and chalco's.
Wink....
Cheers....