TILLICUM - WOLF Where do most explorers look for gold on Tillicum ?
Gold and s i l v e r m i n e r a l i z a t i o n occurs i n
c a l c - s i l i c a t e , quartz and carbonate skarn deposits
developed w i t h i n both metasedimentary and metavolcanic
u n i t s .
There's a mix gelogy going on.
Gold found in different kinds of geology.
Excerpt from report - page - 8 -
The underground d r i f t ing and bu 1 k sampl ing program defined
continuous gold bearing skarn w i t h values t o 1.63 oz/T gold
along 120 feet of d r i f t length i n several l e v e l s where e a r l i e r
d r i l l holes indicated lower grade.
A l l f u r t h e r reserve d e f i n i t i o n programs should include
d r i l l holes for skarn l o c a t i o n and d r i f t i n g programs f o r
c o n t i n u i t y and grade o f gold cont e n t .
imagine that....
lower gold values previously found in skarn,
upon a bulk sampling - richer gold was discovered
in SKARNS...
Gold - trends in both geologies.
Meta Volcanics - rich gold
Skarns = rich gold
https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris/Report/15700a.pdf/
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Though a great subject....
This is not what this post is about...
Yes... .a continuation on, Molybdenum.
I was on the search for, what types of ores
contain - molybdenum.
Granites
Sedimentry
Quartz Carbonates
Molybdenite
Tillicum has the - sediments + quartz carbonates
EXCERPT - MGX - PRESS -
Highlights included
4.04 oz/ton gold, 31.8 oz/ton silver, 9.05% lead and 3.92% zinc;
2.56 oz/ton gold, 15.2 oz/ton silver, 4.75% lead and 4.94% zinc;
6.04 oz/ton gold, 2.7 oz/on silver, 1.015% lead and 3.38% zinc.
IN ANOTHER TILLICUM REPORT -
It states... most richer grade silver does not run with the gold
In rich gold zones... gold and silver ratio is - 1:1
Which is evident basing this on - Silver Queen claims
host far richer grades of silver, and just so happens to
be with in the - Tillicum claims (group )
Moly is = silvery in nature .
Runs with... sulphides ( sulphur )
Silver = silvery.
Zinc = silvery.
What else is silvery ?
LEAD.
Which brings this subject round to -
The mega - grey sediments -
the ones most explorers dismiss on Tillicum.
The ones... onyl one explorer found richer gold
and expressed - all skarn sediment zones should
be included in the gold reserves .
I would imagine...
the zincs, lead, and silver would moreso, run in these
GREY SEDIMENTS.... ( hunch )
And if my hunch is correct....
how would lead have anything to do with - moly ?
Ahhhhh.....
There's are - 2 - specific minerals that molybdenum
can be found in, other than - quartz carb or, pyrite sulpide.
= WULFENTIE
= PbMoO4
Lead derivative + Molybdenum.
Ya..... !
Hence.... placing ultra focus on the -
Quartz carb - moly
Zinc or... Magnesium blend moly - MgMoO4
And... what i would consider most important...
I would say - lead - would be the ringer.
Better assays breaking down the lead, -
separating the moly from the lead.
PROBLEM ?
Lead is used in the cupellation when - fire assaying
to aquire gold and silver....lol
Lots of grey sediment ores...
Could all explorers have overlooked the
cobalt and molybdenum ?
Cobalt even runs in these ores...
I also seen the words - Pyrrhotites
which Nickel is known to associate to.
WRAP IT UP -
one would need another method to test the LEAD
.inorder to know... if one was dealing with a
WULFENITE MOLY.
Even as much as... testing,
Lead, silver, zinc, magnesium - ORES -
in a completely different format -
avoiding the - fire assay - altogether.
ICP MS hydrogen peroxide.
simple conversions of minerals to -
hydrides or oxides .
If one uses - sodium peroxide ....?
sodium is throw into the mix -
which could create tetrabonding -
Example - in one report i read -
nickel bondedwith the sodium -
( sodium could be a bad thing when, assaying )
( equipt ) not able to distinguish between the sodium
or other targeted mineral ....
Cheers....