Post by
Wangotango67 on Oct 19, 2021 11:38am
PETROGRAPHIC CLUE ?
With in the petrographic study on Ace claims - the petrographer mentioned something quite interesting - they said, the gold was mixed with in the bismuth - i couldn't help but think transitional / alloyed .
I then thought..,
what if the bismuth was the primary source of the gold ?
Find the bismuth = finds the gold.
So, with a few web searches icame across something interesting that's
stil lwith in the cariboo district -
GOLD BISMUTH QUARTZ OCCURENCE - BRITISH COLOMBIA
From the Cariboo gold quartz mine - wow - so my hunch was correct - another nearby
mine has a bismuth ( telluride ) gold occurence - most gold depsoits are sulphides with arsenic - while on the flip - there's also bismuth / telluride gold occurences. ( go figure )
LINK
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/segweb/economicgeology/article-abstract/31/2/205/15414/A-gold-bismuth-occurrence-in-British-Columbia?redirectedFrom=PDF
Another occurence is nonother than - Wells B.C.
Boom, how ironic i was comparing Hawkeyes gold occurences with Wells....lol
Here's a good read up on the history on the barkerville mine just north of, Hawkeyes claims.
There's a few things that caught my eye, here's just one of them....
The deposit consists primarily of quartz-pyrite veins. A series of north striking, east- dipping faults and auriferous quartz veins are associated with fracture zones. The veins may contain cosalite, bismuthinite, arsenopyrite, ankerite, scheelite, galena, sphalerite and possibly tetrahedrite. The veins occur in a sequence of black and grey clastic sediments referred to as the Rainbow Member.
" Snowshoe Group. Bonanza Ledge mineralization consists of multiple semi-massive to massive bands of fine to medium-grained pyrite that has preferentially replaced the carbonate layers within laminated, tan coloured muscovite-rich phyllite. "
LINK
https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=093H++019
Cosalite = copper
Bismuthite = bismuth
Snowshoe Group - runs thorugh Hawkeyes - Keithley claims .
Limestone is also apparent on Keithly.
Phyilite = mudstones = greywacke - which is also present.
So, in my opinion,
Hawkeye has veery similar geology to that of the Barkerville / Wells showings.
It's just a question of getting down and dirty to probe more of the lands to see what it
has to offer up...