What's so baffling is, The 709 meter drill holes is well away from the rock samples zone - whichprovided superb copper and silver grades. I wonder who advised Hawk to veer so far away from the main sample zone ?
If one pulls forward
RedChris' copper stats,
they have two distinct copper depoists.
In visuals, one open pit deposit is -
red ores - while the other is -
grey ores -
Now, i can see how there's a correlation with the high mag reading on the one range with most samples taken, perhaps - iron ore - iron chalcopyrite ? .
There's a charge reading for the eastern lands ( plutonics )
crossing the river.
While, another charge value for the placement of 709 m dril lhole.
But, what about the STIKINE geology charge values ?
Why no charge value on these lands ?
Surely the geophysics company could supply a greater zone of -charge |+ mag anomalies other than small discreet zones ?
How is one to gain a better understanding of how the geology forms if the charge and mag readings are only small isolate zones ?
BASED ON SAMPLES TAKEN There's a strong mineral zone on the - fringe of the Stikine + Spazini geology.
Spazini geology if memory serves, has the Hazelton rock group ?
Yet, signs of the copper and silver run up and into the Stikine geology.
The Stikine has the greys like RedChris" and well, maybe the one sample range aside of the Stikine where the mag reading is high, could host the iron and offer up the chalcopyrite ?
Now.. .could the geophysics have interpreted the surficial charge reading based on the Stikine ores bleeding onto the zone - where Hawk punched a 709m hole ?
Some may say.. .nah... all because the placement of 709m hole is up high on a distant range... but... what if these lower ranges - lower from stikine ) developed ( thrusted ) at a later date - whereas, the stikine ores ( tills ) bled onto this western zone and gave a surficial charge reading while the rock belwo grade was NOT the same geology ?
Just did a quick search on Klastine geology, turns out, it's als ohazelton geology.
Same as one of RedChris" deposits.
Could this have been the " lure " to convince Hawk ot sin ka hole on this distant range
hoping to match a redchris deposit ? Who knows...
My spidey sense says, high odds.
On google maps i can see mineralization running from the Stikine down into the valley aside of the high mag reading - range. ( west IP 24 V/V/ )
Though the geology says light green - most likely geology at depth,
Which begs, could the survey have read a charge reading based on the Stikine ores running onto this zonation ?
Thatue Mountain ( red dot ) on google maps, is exactly in a triad zone -
stikine, plutonics, hazelton rocks all converge.
Rock samples taken from stikine and hazelton group appear to have the best grades.
IDEALLY ? All three groups at this conjunction should see drills.
GOOGLE MAPS - MT THATUE. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thatue+Mountain/@57.8832018,-129.8936778,12378m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x53f78192f4153e09:0xd4c83a31c9d2dd45!8m2!3d57.8883333!4d-129.7927777!5m1!1e4
I don't know... hard ot see a junior walkfro mthe golden triangle,
more exploring is needed.
I know i wouldn't have paid that much for the gepphysics - ugh....
I don't like how that company plotted the intel.
Should all be on one page oer charge rrading and all data plotted on another for mag.
There's no scale for the charge nor mag readings in which to confer to.
And.. the distancesused to acquire the charge readings is well, too far apart ?
Just an opinion.
A small reconaissance team with a small budget would and could do wonders.
Sometimes the best results are the actual samples taken vs geo techniques that can give all sorts of readings.
A small dril lrig weighing under 150kg only needs a explore permit.
I'd be using this sort of " dril lrig " to test all the claims.
Cheap, with a few rented 4 wheelers and small student crew with one " lead " would get
lots of work done.
Here's hoping Hawk has some decent results incoming.
Times a ticking...wink.
Cheers...