Post by
Wangotango67 on Nov 12, 2021 11:31pm
PRINCETON - ARIS REPORT
Princeton Main Vein - is in the Nicola group - volcanic geology.
Perhaps it should have bene called the - Nicola Vein -tease.
Pages 12 - 14
Historical ownership and work on the Princeton claims.
2008 - 2018 and onward....
Float Gold, Vein Gold, and anomalous copper in soils.
Lots of sampling and trenchng.
Damara, should have lots of trenches to sify through.
Thing is... matching the float to the vein ould be entirely different gold.
All depends of the nearby ranges deposited their float rocks in the vallies.
Comment -
could be a case of, Princeton float overlaps the Nicola which might span east to west.
Float train came in from elesewhere.
And a granitic overflow from hydrothermal intrusion creating seams and pockets with a granatiod ovoid formation off to the west. I would assume, separating the float from the granites from the nicola volcanics - and hone in on the volcanics with deeper drills to prove if the Nicola group shows itself at, depth. What throwing me off, it the Princeton geology east of the main vein - higher elevations - is it Princeton host rock - or, all float train ?
Page 15
The Princeton volcanic rocks are strongly-magnetic, intermediate-composition, densely-welded tuffs and flows that are sparsely porphyritic (largely hornblende) and light to dark gray. Hematitic volcanic breccia is exposed 200 m northwest of the main quartz vein and lies directly above the unconformity. There is no evidence of alteration or mineralization in the Princeton volcanic rocks, and they are considered post-mineralization.
The underlying Nicola Group rocks are weakly-metamorphosed andesitic volcanic rocks (largely in the northwest part of the area mapped in Figure 4) and siltstone, argillites, graywackes and conglomerates elsewhere. The northeast-striking main quartz vein (Fig. 4) is hosted in steeply-dipping Nicola metasediments and granitic dikes and projects under the Princeton unconformity to the northeast (Figure 5). Large bodies of "unaltered" granodiorite are exposed below the unconformity east of the main vein and do not appear to cut or displace the unconformity. West of the outcropping main quartz vein, large granitic dikes cut Nicola metasedimentary rocks and have been delineated through roadcut outcrops as well as the aeromagnetic survey;
Page 16
Comment - Map showing the different geological host rocks
Nice sized - granatoid -circle - westerly.
I wonder if this has anytihng to do with the, Princeton volcanics - could there be a hydrothermal
veining system that released a granatoid = ovoid ?
In a Copper Mountain report - copper deposits develop in - pipe style - formations - volcanics are noted for developing pipe like spiral depoists.
Page 17
Magnetic Survey
Page 18
Mapping and trenching in 2019 indicate that the southeast float area lies on Princeton volcanic bedrock, and based on topography, the source for these float boulders is assumed to be the Nicola rocks under the unconformity to the north at the northeast end of the trenches. Small trenches completed in 2018 failed to intersect bedrock in the two float areas (Henneberry, 2018). Eight trenches totaling 697 m were completed in July and October, 2019, and
231 channel and spot rock-chip samples were collected
Page 18 - comment
Shows geological divisions - Princeton group vs Nicola -
Princeton overlaps the Nicola group.
What i found interesting was the - higher gold values located in the - Princeton volcanics
Notice how the Nicola main vein runs towards the - Granites ....
Link - 121 pages
https://aris.empr.gov.bc.ca/ArisReports/38781.PDF
What i find alluring is,
The copper showing north west of main vein.
Is this copper iron related or other geology ?
What type of copper ?
Is this the red oxide soils seen on maps ?
If it's still in the Nicola group, then... could copper and gold be present below the current
shallow drilll holes ?
Could it be as easy as...?
Dismiss the topical exploration - knowjng - all sorts of float and other minerlas could have washed in and simply focus on " key " areas showing high minerlaization in the Nicola Group and punch deeperr holes - HOPING FOR AN - IOCG DEPOSIT ?
What i found quite interesting is....
The geology does change in Damaras drill cores at, depth.
The host rock becomes darker grey.
Which is quite interesting.
That is... if one keeps in mind - what Copper Mountain oreslook like at depth.
All rusty iron above and at depth the ores become distinct grey.
Damara's Drill Cores....
https://www.damaragoldcorp.com/2020drillprogram.html
I'm seeing sodic - potassium feldspars with irons...
And. as the coresrun deeper the geology changes to dark greys.
Reminder of Copper Mountain Open Pit Ores....
red atop and grey below salt / sodic - alterations.
what i'm seeing is... tons of placer soils wrapped around a hydrothermal volcanic intrusion
with grey copper ores...
Copper mountain photo
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/12/Image-2-Copper-Mountain-Mine.jpg
Cheers...
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