AQUA REGIA - ACE TECHWith in the Ace twch report it's states the lab used - Aqua Rgia to test for minerals .
Aqua Regia =
Aqua regia is a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid,
It also states there's copper in the form of, chalcopyrite As mentioned in former posts,
There are two kinds of copper,
Oxide + Sulphide
Two kinds of acids are needed to detect both.
Nitric + Sulphuric acids.
Ace tech report only used a - aqua regia.
I would say, a sulphur acidshould have been used to also check for, oxide copper.
Why do so ? All because Gibraltar Mine - nearby - mines Copper and Moly.
GIBRALTAR - has two forms of copper - oxide and sulphide.
Hawkeyes closeology mineralization should do a double take on the -coppers.
Excerpts from Web - Gibraltar Mine Oxide Mineral Reserves as of December 31, 2018. Gibraltar sulphide ore
Now, i did notice that the Ace tech report did make mention of, lime strata and marble,
lime turns to marble and also turmaline is closely associated.
CAomparing other copper porphyry deposits, i'm seeing red oxides and lime casrbonates whichmost likely worked over the oxidesturning them into sulphides.
Ace, has these attributes.
My hunch says... drill deeper,
Or, go upside the mountain - tap afew holes hoping that there's less overburden - easier
to reach stratabound sedimentry sheets. My second hunch says, Ace may not be a true blue
porphyry ( sand dune ) copper carbonate oxide sulphide deposite but rather, moreso, sedimentry bands that never had a chance ot break down and are still intact.
Red oxises are seen invisuals on Ace.
And.. chalcopyrite seen in drill cores.
Just a matter of hitting the right zonation to boost the grades.
And testing for both kinds of copper.
Just a few thoughts...
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Pic of Gibraltar Mine
