COPPER
SK Property
Exploring in the southern extents of the Battle Mountain – Eureka trends
The SK Property
The SK Property is a copper-gold porphyry project at the intersection of the well-known Battle Mountain – Eureka (Cortez) trend and Warm Springs Lineament.
It is comprised of 316 unpatented lode claims for a total area of 2,560 hectares.
Mining Legacy
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Discovered in 1870’s with limited and sporadic production prior to WWII
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Then drilled by the Anaconda Copper Co. in the early 1980s
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Airborne magnetic survey done clearly shows a group of NW-trending, 28 MA, granodiorite stocks
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An IP survey indicates wide zones of sulfide mineralization in and around the intrusions
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Anaconda drilling intersected skarn and porphyry-style copper-gold mineralization and surface expressions of mineralization cover a large area
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Five styles of mineralization have been observed to date providing multiple drill targets within a potential porphyry system
Exploring in the southern extents of the Battle Mountain – Eureka trends where they intersect the Warm Springs Lineament.
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Porphyry mineralization
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Epithermal Ag-Au veins
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Sub-epithermal Ag-Au veins
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Structurally controlled, sediment-hosted replacement zones
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Skarn-style mineralization
ANATOMY OF A TELESCOPED PORPHYRY CU SYSTEM
(Sillitoe, 2010)