The trenching was conducted in a heavily treed area with limited outcrop and uncovered a broad zone of strongly argillized rhyolitic rocks, with local zones of moderate to strong silicification, quartz veinlets and minor veins. One hand trench was chip channel sampled vertically over 0.5-1.0 metres intervals for 4.0 metres, the results of which are presented in the table below.
Sample | Interval metres | Gold ppm | Silver ppm | Arsenic ppm | Mercury ppm | Antimony ppm | Thallium ppm | Molybdenum ppm |
8001 | 1.0 | 0.518 | 2.88 | 455 | 4.97 | 39.1 | 6.42 | 1265 |
8002 | 0.5 | 3.10 | 5.34 | 1025 | 6.53 | 60.1 | 14.40 | 1600 |
8003 | 0.5 | 3.14 | 4.90 | 1345 | 3.28 | 67.9 | 21.20 | 1725 |
8004 | 1.0 | 0.323 | 2.33 | 501 | 3.56 | 56.3 | 4.10 | 702 |
8005 | 1.0 | 0.157 | 0.62 | 436 | 13.10 | 68.9 | 2.24 | 148 |
Locally anomalous values were found for bismuth and tellurium while base metals values were very low.
An adjacent trench immediately to the west of this trench, returned a high value of 1.05 ppm Au and 2.16 ppm Ag across a horizontal width of 3.25 metres, suggesting the mineralized zone has both vertical and horizontal continuity.
Current geologic interpretation of the Polaris target is that it is 100 metres or more above the boiling zone where high grade, epithermal precious metals deposition may occur, as exemplified by the historic Aurora bonanza quartz veins. The anomalous pathfinder elements and style of alteration support this interpretation. Of particular interest are the very high molybdenum values, perhaps indicative of an evolved, strongly metallized rhyolite intrusive body at depth. Anomalous precious metals and pathfinder elements from two soil sample lines surveyed across the Polaris target confirm the high priority nature of this target, with soil values up to: Au-0.126, Ag-1.89, As-246, Sb-22.5, Hg-2.93, Tl-6.84, Mo-425 (values in ppm).
The Polaris target and a portion of Goldcliff’s
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