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Targets: Volcano-plutonic hosted copper-gold-silver systems
Area: ~5600 acres, or ~23 km2
Location: Nye County, south-central Nevada, USA
Ownership: 100% owned by Altan Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management has approved a Notice of Intent for roads and drilling for a Phase I drill program at Yellow Cone. Reclamation bonding has been placed and accepted by the Reno BLM office. The project is ready to drill.
Altan Nevada collected 240 rock-chip samples and 1551 soil samples. We have also conducted approximately 17.5 line-km of IP and a magnetic survey. This work defines important features of exploration significance, including a large magnetic low and strong Au, Ag and Cu anomalies. The magnetic survey shows that stronger areas of the low correspond to Au-Ag-Cu anomalies, suggesting that it maps hydrothermal alteration/mineralization. A large magnetic high is present south of the claim block, where there is outcropping skarn. |
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The IP survey shows a large, NW trending, high-amplitude chargeability feature in the southern portion of the claim block. This feature is associated with strongly elevated As at its SE end. The NW end of this feature projects into a NE-striking zone of anomalous Au gold values in soil. Much of this area is covered by post-mineral Quaternary gravels. |
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Strong, widespread rock-chip Au, Ag and Cu anomalies are present at the Yellow Cone property. Au values are as high as 26 ppm, Ag is as high as +800 ppm and Cu as high as +5%. Soil geochemistry data show a pronounced WNW trending anomaly near the central part of the project in an area with abundant quartz veining. An image of the Ag:Pb ratio in soil shows a strong NE-trending fabric intersecting the WNW-trending fabric. |
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Despite the work carried out to date, the Yellow Cone project is at an early stage. The large chargeability anomaly is open at both ends where it begins to intersect zones of critical geochemical anomalies. Additional IP work is justified to determine the extent of this target. The work to date has, however, defined a large mineralized area sufficiently well to test preliminary conceptual drill targets. These holes will provide tests of important mineralized structures to guide more advanced exploration.
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