the hottest property ( TUO)
Del norte is probably the hottest property that tuo has, and silver
grail is not a partner in it so how come that S/Grail went to 50 cents to-day?
Updated January 16, 2006
The Del Norte property is one of the most prospective gold-silver properties currently being explored in the prolific Stewart-Eskay Creek region of northwestern British Columbia.
The property is large: 8 miles long by 4-7 miles wide. Many gold-silver bearing structures have been discovered on the property to date, most them within, or close to, a sedimentary-volcanic contact which runs the entire length of the property. This geological setting is believed to be broadly similar to that at Eskay Creek (50 miles to the northwest), one of the richest gold-silver deposits ever discovered in North America.
In the northern portion of the property, the LG-vein breccia system has been tested by 62 drill holes from 2002 to 2005. The most recent drilling, during the 2005 field season, continued the success of previous years with the following highlights:
The LG vein system has been shown to widen appreciably at depth in the vicinity of Hole #2005-2 (51 feet grading 0.363 oz/ton gold equivalent) with a core of bonanza grade gold and silver values (2.8 feet grading 110.3 oz/ton silver and 2.08 oz/ton gold).
The LG vein system has been proved to extend another 900 feet to the south under ice cover.
The K and LG veins are now interpreted to be parallel structures, considerably enhancing overall tonnage potential.
After the end of the 2005 drilling program, an intense, broad EM conductor was detected just east and parallel to the LG vein exposure, situated within laminated mudstones. The setting is prospective for exhalative Eskay Creek-style mineralization in the wall of the main vein system.
The last point is particularly noteworthy. At Eskay Creek, exploration over a span of over sixty years beginning in the early 1930's was primarily directed at quartz vein mineralization. These early operators repeatedly overlooked the true riches which lay nearby in a very non-descript rock unit termed known as "mudstones". Geologist Ron Netolitzky, one of the experts credited with the Eskay discovery, is quoted as saying "They were so close they could have tasted it".
I like what Ron Netolitzky said about the mudstones, thats where they found the verrrry rich gold ore at the ESKAY discovery.
go to the website for the whole story, and the map of the anomaly in mudstones on the del/norte property. HUGH POTENTIAL
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Click on the map for an enlarged version of the Prominent Geophysical Anomaly in Mudstones Adjacent to LG-K Veins, Del Norte Property