Alteration mineral mapping in Phase I RC holes using continuous hyperspectral scanning of drill chips. There is a clear temperature gradient zonation from SWIR mineral picks of lower temperature montmorillonite into potassium-illite and crystalline muscovite as well as LWIR observed silica replacement nearer to the Kawich IP anomaly and the structures that accommodate it. The rock photos on the following page provide support for this vector towards Kawich: intense iron, silica and potassium alteration mapped at surface in the volcanic rocks which form the valley cover immediately above the IP anomaly.
Alteration mineral mapping in Phase I RC holes using continuous hyperspectral scanning of drill chips. There is a clear temperature gradient zonation from SWIR mineral picks of lower temperature montmorillonite into potassium-illite and crystalline muscovite as well as LWIR observed silica replacement nearer to the Kawich IP anomaly and the structures that accommodate it. The rock photos on the following page provide support for this vector towards Kawich: intense iron, silica and potassium alteration mapped at surface in the volcanic rocks which form the valley cover immediately above the IP anomaly.