Molybdenum
- in porphyry-style quartz-molybdenite-pyrite stringers, banded veins and fracture-coatings in variably clay-altered quartz monzonite
- as primary disseminations in skarn
Some of the more significant intercepts encountered in InZinc Mining’s drilling are shown in the table below:
|
Hole |
From |
To |
Metres |
% MoS2 |
|
C07-02 |
551.54 |
554.13 |
2.59 |
0.306 |
|
C07-02 |
592.23 |
599.01 |
6.78 |
0.281 |
|
C07-02 |
693.72 |
696.32 |
2.60 |
0.519 |
|
C08-06 |
694.73 |
703.38 |
8.65 |
1.666 |
|
C08-09 |
586.59 |
596.72 |
10.13 |
0.458 |
|
C08-09 |
710.85 |
725.73 |
14.88 |
0.222 |
|
C08-11 |
500.79 |
512.98 |
12.19 |
0.112 |
|
C08-12 |
595.88 |
610.82 |
14.94 |
0.217 |
|
C08-12 |
661.72 |
664.92 |
3.20 |
0.488 |
|
C08-12 |
710.95 |
716.14 |
5.19 |
0.166 |
|
C08-12 |
733.04 |
761.85 |
28.81 |
0.117 |
|
C08-13A |
712.32 |
725.42 |
13.10 |
0.157 |
|
C08-13A |
779.68 |
807.11 |
27.43 |
0.150 |
|
incl |
795.83 |
807.11 |
11.28 |
0.232 |
|
C08-14 |
497.74 |
538.89 |
41.15 |
0.273 |
|
incl |
514.35 |
531.11 |
16.76 |
0.432 |
|
C08-14 |
721.00 |
732.43 |
11.43 |
0.228 |
The general distribution of mineralization on the West Desert property, with a lower molybdenum-bearing zone grading upwards and outwards through copper, zinc and then lead and silver-rich zones with increasing distance from the quartz monzonite intrusive, suggests that mineralization at West Desert is related to a large underlying, as yet undiscovered porphyry molybdenum system. An equally interesting possibility is for a relatively small but high grade and high value deposit which could be mineable through a common shaft, were it to be developed, on the zinc-indium-copper skarn deposit. Both scenarios represent prime targets for further exploration drilling.