System Type:

Epithermal, quartz-calcite veining, breccia and stockwork zones. 

Strike-Length:

The West Ridge target is mainly covered by post-mineral colluvium, but limited exposures of the outcropping gold system and historic prospect pits suggest that this system has 1.6 km strike length potential.

Resource: 

None at this time

Location:

The West Ridge target is located immediately south of the Ridge target in the western portion of the Gold Springs project area.

Drilling:

None to date.

Geophysics:

The West Ridge target is located along the southern margin of a ZTEM (airborne-geophysical survey) resistivity high which is thought to reflect a caldera margin boundary and a major northwest trending structural zone. 

Geology: 

Similar to the Ridge target, much of the area is covered with a thin layer of colluvium, with mineralized float found over the 1.6 x 1.2 kilometer target area. Together the Ridge and West Ridge targets represent a large caldera-margin block, similar to the one hosting the Grey Eagle resource. 

Within the historical workings at the West Ridge target veins, breccia and stockwork zones are found to be gold bearing with vein material assays up to 5.60 g/t Au and 32.6 g/t Ag and stockwork zones along the vein margins grading +1.0 g/t gold.

The area is blanketed with post-mineral cover, but the dumps on the inaccessible adits show both vein and stockwork material. Exploration of this area will require trenching to expose bedrock and re-opening of the old adits. 

Structural Geology:

Located on the north of this target is the margin of the large Gold Springs caldera. A small, nested caldera is interpreted to bisect the West Ridge target as seen in the ZTEM geophysics. In addition, a dominant east-west striking radial fault cuts through the area. 

Historical Mining:

The West Ridge target has two inaccessible adits exploiting the mineralized veins and stockwork material and numerous prospect pits.

Geochemistry:

Veins, breccia and stockwork zones are found to be gold bearing with vein material assays up to 5.60 g/t Au and 32.6 g/t Ag, with stockwork zones along the vein margins grading +1.0 g/t gold. Values greater than the resource cut-off grade of 0.25 g/t Au are listed below.  

Table: Rock Chip Sampling Results from the West Ridge target