TRACKING DOWN - DHH 75 - 1 + 2 Wanted to know where the 2 - 1975 - drill holes were located.
- I had pegged them - more westerly.
- I was wrong.
- not hard to be wrong when one sees a map with fault line
showing volcanics on one side and plutonic on the other.
i thought the main black fault was more westerly.
Nope.... center isle.
So.... i went on the hunt for the - Y - creek with small pond aside.
I figured - if i could locate this - Y - creke and teardrop pond.
I would at least enable a close prox where the holes were drilled.
This is the map in which i used - 1975 - report - 05633 - pdf
REPORT - 05633 - https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris/Report/05633.pdf/ HISTORICAL MAP - open to see Y creek and 2 drill hole locations https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52838493145_0634f33c68_b.jpg What intrigued me about these two holes ? Again - i had them pegged more westerly.
I couldn't figure out why the DDH 75 - 02 hole had dismal
results while inline with the - DDH 75 - 01 hole had far better results.
I had to know why... .DDH 75 -02 was only silts...
Made no sense - knowing this #2 hole was even closer to the
volcanics - more westerly....
PDF link above - provides a play by play - footage
for each - drill hole.
They must've had an - XRF - to identify - moly -
in DDH hole #1 - closest to - fault
drilled on a 55 degree angle - most likely hit some of the
lifted rock -
DDH #2 behond it - more southerly -
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What did i happen to find ? I " think " i found the best match for the - Y - creek and pond.
i would say.... it matches - 99%
Yup.... the original - fault line in ( dotted black )
is nowhere near where i thought it was.
DDH - #1 - closest to the fault line ( dotted black )
most likely hit a portion of the lifted rock.
DDH - #2 - was more inline with the - silts.
totally explains why #2 was more sediment/silt.
Now i know why....lol
if i recall.... i think a Doctor had these claims at this point in time.
There's also a resort nearby....
I would write it off as.... someone wanted an easy drill campaign
and be in close vicinity to - resort...lol
He got milked... end of story.
Now i can't be too hard on the - class of 75 -
why ?
they didn't have the maps and tech that we now have.
One only needs to open google maps in - satalite mode
and have a close look at this terrain.
It's covered in trees....everywhere.
Hence - solely relied on - mag surveys
If silt is present - good luck.
Silts will obscure - surveys...
MACRO SCALE - OVERVIEW -
One can see the arc where the silt path is from upper lake
Bada-ss place to drill... lol
But close to the resort - wink.
Based on historical map - in link above - not open.
i would say.... if my parameters are at all correct...
That black line is not a fault at all.
Chasing - silts...
WESTERLY... yellow lines... way better - hell yeah.
either fault lines or, compression zones
all uplifted
far better.
Even the mass chasm - really wide gut.
Most likely a massive fault - but... with massive silts...
1000m - 2000m holes needed.
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Where would i explore ?
Yellow dotted line and all the way to the - Tills more westerly.
High atop the volcanic mountains.
Sediments uplift sheets+ loose tills.
WHY ?
- every meter of a drill connects with rock.
- instead of fighting 30m of silts
- Tills.... easy breezy to test -
- some sediment sheets can be seen on angle out of ground
- easy to scan the entire open cut face of uplift
- one would know prior to drilling what they'd encounter
- good 100m thick all open face
Cheers.....