Drilling Results and Exploration Update
Low Sulfidation Epithermal ("LSE") Veins
This is the classic hot spring epithermal vein model in
which gold and silver precipitate in response to boiling
as geothermal waters rise toward surface (right).
Deposits of silica (sinter) and clay form at surface such
as at Yellowstone Park, USA (below).
DEPTH
0m
100 m
200 m
300 m
500 m
HOT SPRINGS,
WATER TABLE
LEGEND
siliceous deposits
clays, alunite
clays, illite (sericite at depth)
chlorite, illite, montmorillonite,
carbonate, epidote
silica, adularia, albite
country rock (unaltered)
900 m
Modified from: Buchanan, 1981
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VEIN
ORE MINERAL
DEPTH ZONES
SINTER
pyrite, rare gold,
mercury
SHEETED VEINS
IMPLOSION BRECCIA
gold in pyrite,
silver sulfosalts
VEIN
MAIN
PRECIOUS
METAL
HORIZON
BOILING LEVEL-
Can move up and
down over time
BASE
METAL
HORIZON
gold in electrum,
silver sulfides
galena, sphalerite,
chalcopyrite
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