ISLANDWhere i'm headed with this subject is....
Would the mining industry be all te wiser if they pushed the labs into an electrolysis assay ?
For difficult ores pertaining t ocopper.
It's one thing for a geologist to point out chalcopyrite in a core...
Biut what intruiges me moreso is, seeing a potential copper sulphide in a hue of green or blue that emminated from the chalcopyrite from a co reaction of say, CALCITE LIME .
Taking a stance from this perspective is far more acute than, simply stating chalcopyrite.
If the chalcopyrite is no longer in it's original form and perhaps reacted from a line - i would think scoping the blue coloration for copper sulphides would be - smart.
The more i study copper - the more i'm amazed on how many variations there are.
Copper can pair with many minerals and result in many forms even with flurides and chlorides. Not just a sulphide. Yet... majority in the mining industry stickot the basic coppers looking for the chalco ( yellow ) Malachite green and Azurite blue. Yup... there are tons of other copper combinations
I came across all the combinations in which copper can be found.
My idea of labs having a copper electrolysis would most likely be a pipedream.
I would hazzard the guess and say...
it would require multiple ( premade ) cathodes which are comprised of the exact formula of copper that might be hosted in the ores- in which to attract the exact match.
EX - Covelite cathode plate
- Cosalite cathode plate
- Azurite cathode plate
- Malachite cathode plate
- etc....
Questions for Alex...?
What's there to ask... it's a sit and wait for assays.
If i did call Alex, i would ask, are they checking the ores for only - chalcopyrite or,
go the distance and see if hte hues of blue and green are a secondary form of copper in a sulphide ?
And.... provide a map of all current and former drill placements.
List / Plot all significant drill intercepts with grades.
Include the last round of 8 drill holes.
Ask, if they hit decent gold - again, with a good strike, width and depth, would they move to metallurgical extraction studies involving - ore sorting - to bump up the grades ?
Honestly...
I've called many juniors,
most questions can't be answered - it's moreso a recap convo and well, i don't feel it's the right time to call - if they were in a delayed mode - assays late or no communication with shareholders - that's when i ususally ring a ding. Asking, what's the stroy.
If i did call.. i'd certainly ask...
Why were mk 21 020 + mk 21 021 tucked away on sedar...
lol
XRF's are pricey....
I thoght about picking up an XRF - that is until... i saw the price tag...lol
Ouch. ..
Checked a few out from - China -
evenstil, the price tag was off the charts.
I mentioned in last post - is an XRF or Spectrometer - from lab is calibrated by a pure metal - i would think they would do so... and if my hunch is correct, it would mean and give reason as to why so many XRF would differ in results than a lab. If a lab spectrometer was designed to detect minerals - even grain size - and if they manufactured the machine using pure metals - would it still detect a mineral with another bond - or favor - a stronger bonded mineral .
Iron 50% Copper 40$ SSulphur 10%. Would iron win the attention of the spectrometer ?
That's why i mentioned ...
maybe the machines should be designed to pick up or recogniz - multiple bonds or if ore is solubilized - maybe designing an optical sensor that - recognizes - ionic bonds - which have the - added acid in the atomic formula.
Anyhoo.....
Just thought i'd point out another junior explorer mentioned - grey copper - and the subject
soon morphed into - mineral recognition.
The real question pertaining to grey copper should be -
Could copper exist as a grey mineral even before a native brassy copper ?
ahh.....
Cheers.....