The mapping was centered on a large IP anomaly and a previously mined copper gold manto area. The area is shown to be principally underlain by Triassic age quartzites and felsic- silicious volcanic tuffs which have a shallow dip of 15 degrees to the north. The sediments are in unconformable contact and underly Jurassic age andesitic volcanics to the north and are weakly altered to sericite-quartz-limonite with sections of moderate to strong silica-kaolin-sericite and minor copper oxides along fault intersections.
Two low angle regional extensional faults, the Fraga and
The presence of moderate to strong silica-kaolin-sericite hydrothermal alteration and minor copper oxides at the contact between the regional extensional Fraga fault and northwest trending fracture zones is thought to be related to a buried copper - gold manto or porphyry system which may be related to an IP anomaly at a depth of 200 m below surface.
'At Resguardo we are very encouraged that exploration continues to validate our target model a large manto or porphyry system. I cannot overemphasize the importance of fluid leakage to surface causing the alteration at the fault intersections above and in close proximity to the IP anomaly. The chargeability anomaly has been outlined over a strike length of 1400 metres, a width of 500-800 metres, at a depth of 200 metres. There is a central core of greater than 20 mv/V over a strike length of 1100 metres and width of 300-600 metres. This exploration program moves the Company one step closer to drilling this very large, exciting target', stated
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