In here, the series of finely
bedded
argyllites and
kind of charity sediments.
This really represents
the very last
phase of the mineralized,
you know, section of
rocks.
So you're getting this buildup
of sulfide mineralization on the
seafloor.
As that system starts shutting down,
you just start getting regular kind
of sedimentation fine-grained
sediments.
And kind of some
chemical exhalative
rocks.
Yeah, this pretty much represents
the top of the mineralized section.
And as you move down,
obviously there's a very
stark contrast between
the unmineralized rock and
the heavy sulfide
content within the massive to
semi-massive sulfide section.
And in here,
a lot of this is dominated by
pyrite.
You kind of have to have a bit of an
eye for it, but this is some pretty
gaudy mineralization.
You can kind of tell the difference
between...
You know, the color of those two
sulfides, this being pyrite,
pyrate dominant here,
whereas this is pretty much pure
kelgopyrite.
Kelgpyrite would be the copper
sulfide that hosts
the copper within the
deposit.
So, growing up,
everyone told me that pyrites was
called fool's gold, because it was
worthless, it looked like gold.
Is it still that today,
or does it have any value?
The pirate in itself
does host some of
the gold mineralization,
so I mean there is gold associated
with that.
It's also the host,
in
these types of deposits,
you have a lot of sulfur within
those hydrothermal fluids, and
those, that solver can either,
you know, will attach to...
And it'll attach to copper, it'll
attached to zinc.
So I mean, all these deposits are
pyrite-hosted with,
you know, variable quantities of
whatever the ore mineral is, whether
it's calcopyrite, copper,
sphalerite, zinc, galenol,
lead.
Would you point out the difference
between the two pieces again?
So this,
so this is,
Dominant there is some fine-grained
calcopyrite kind of interstitially
throughout there, but this
more gold Looking mineral
is the calcopyrate Which
is the copper copper sulfide?