Like I said, somebody was massively buying and selling. A wash? So be it.. Great thing too in a way, it just may draw more interest into this one, ya think?
This might actually help too! Some basic facts from the properties that Fred Bauman has ties to and your good friend Stephen Lumb:
Don't for get drilling should be going on in the morning on the MOCKINGBIRD real close.. I'll save you some googling on mining in AZ, for starters here you go.
*Bouse: Gold and silver detachment fault deposit in La Paz County, Arizona. Former Homestake Gold project. Clara Moro, Silverfield Gold: Gold deposit in detachment fault environment. The Clara property has encouraging results from a drill campaign by Nevada Pacific. The Silverfield may be a hot springs high grade gold/silver deposit in detachment fault environment. It is close to Clara Moro and could be jointly explored. Ester Basin: Gold, silver and copper deposit spatially associated with diatreme in detachment fault environment. Former Phelps Dodge project. McCracken Gold: Gold with silver and copper in breccia zone adjacent to one of Arizona’s historic silver producers.
*Mockingbird: Gold and silver deposit related to detachment fault. Anaconda/Chevron work indicated potential. North Rawhide: Upper plate gold, silver and copper deposit. Former Phelps Dodge project. Oatman: A dozen mines in Arizona’s largest primary gold district. Includes patented Lexington gold mine. High-grade Tertiary vein deposit in volcanics with potential for low-grade open pit resource.
*South Copperstone: Large contiguous claim block adjacent to the Copperstone Mine, Arizona’s largest recent open pit gold producer. References: DeWitt, Ed, Thorson, J.P., and Smith, R.C., 1991, Geology and ore deposits of the Oatman district,northwestern Arizona, in Epithermal gold deposits - Part II, Chapter I, in Shawe, D.R., and Ashley, R.P., eds., Geology and resources of gold in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1857-I, p. I1-I28 Richard, S.M., 2002, Database for Mineral Districts in the State of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey DI-23, 1 CD-ROM. Spencer, J.E., and Welty, J.W., 1989, Mid-Tertiary ore deposits in Arizona, in Jenney, J.P., and Reynolds, S.J., eds., Geologic Evolution of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest 17, p. 585-607. Descriptive model of detachment fault related polymetallic deposits – http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2004/html/bull2004detachmentfaultrelate_polymetall.htm11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 15 Figure 4. Proterozoic massive sulfide deposits in Arizona.From: USGS Bulletin 2138. Figure 4. Proterozoic massive sulfide deposits inArizona. From: USGS Bulletin 2138. Volcanogenic Massive Sulfides Geology: Volcanogenic massive sulfide occurrences of Arizona formed 1.7 –1.8 Ga. Deposits occur as stratabound-strataform accumulations of iron and base-metal sulfides with variable amounts of gold and silver. They are hosted in a thick sequence of submarine volcano-sedimentary strata metamorphosed to greenschist and occasionally amphibolite facies. Economic Geology: Of the 70 known VMS targets, 48 have reported production. Cu-Zn mineralization with precious metals is economically important in these deposits. Production totals over 55 million tons and three deposits have yielded over 4 million tons each. The majority of the production is from the Verde district. The United Verde mine is reported to currently contain over 20 million tons ofmineralization grading 6.6% Zn plus Cu and precious metals. Structure and Distribution: Most orebodies are highly deformed and exhibit high ratios of plunge to strike length. Larger deposits are described as elliptical lenses, or rod like bodies, that plunge steeply and parallel major or minor fold axes. The United Verde mineralization is located within the axis of a major steeply plunging fold. Ratios of plunge length to strike ratio of 3:1 are common and ratios as high as 8:1 are known. Thus most deposits present only limited surface expression. The geographic extent of favorable host rocks is wider than that of known VMS deposits suggesting exploration potential for new discoveries. Lindberg suggested a number of exploration ideas and targets that remain untested. Current Activity: The Exploration Syndicate Inc. conducted VTEM surveys during 2007 over broad areas of central Arizona, including the Verde, Agua Fria, and Old Dick districts. Follow-up surface investigation and land acquisition is underway. Mohave Resources has optioned the Blue Bell and De Soto properties and is evaluating their oxide copper potential. The joint venture of Ivy Minerals and Kaaterskill Exploration (IKE JV) has generated geochemical and VLF-EM anomalies within fold axes on two new exploration targets in the Mayer district known as the Cobre Sud and Cordes Peak prospects. These properties are currently available for lease-option agreement to a company willing to accept a work commitment that includes a drill program. Although past exploration by major mining companies 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 16 generated much data (see ADMMR files) in the VMS target districts, these areas are currently under-explored (Figure 4). Many promising prospects, not limited to the few described here, are available for exploration. In the Old Dick district Silver Nickel Mining has acquired the Pinafore mine (Cu-Zn) and collected exploration data including drill results from Arizona Explorations Inc’s. (syndicate of American Barrick, Homestake and Placer Dome) mid-90s effort. Freeport McMoRan controls the United Verde zinc resource discussed above. Teck Cominco completed a multi-year effort there without releasing results. The Kay mine near Black Canyon has a Cu-Zn resource defined by Exxon and Rayrock with drill data available at ADMMR. Ricks Brothers Enterprises controls a copper resource near Mayer with both disseminated and limited massive mineralization and have project data available. The McIntyre Bauman Group also has large claim holdings in the Copper Mountain trend. In addition, the McIntyre Bauman Group has the following 3 VMS related properties available. Treasure King has a 150,000-ton deposit at a grade of 0.06 oz/ton gold resource along with four additional areas untested by drilling. The nearby Yaba is a high-grade silver deposit with gold. Near Jerome the Middle Verde comprises 5 claim groups and 3 patented claims along the Verde fault that contain un-drilled anomalies from prior work of Phelps Dodge and Oxymin. Also in the Verde district, Southwest Exploration Group has available the West Jerome VMS located west of Freeport McMoRan’s patented ground. The target has favorable stratigraphy under Paleozoic cover with 2 widely spaced drill holes that show strong chloritic alteration with anomalous copper and zinc values. References: DeWitt, Ed, 1995, Base and precious-metal concentrations of Early Proterozoic massive sulfide deposits in Arizona -- Crustal and thermochemical controls of ore deposition: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2138, 36 p. Donnelly, M.E., and Conway, C.M., 1988, Metallogenic map of volcanogenic massive-sulfide occurrences in Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1853-B, scale 1:1,000,000. Donnelly, M.E., Conway, C.M., and Earhart, R.L., 1987, Records of massive sulfide occurrences in Arizona: U.S. Geological Open-File Report 87-0406, 42 p. Donnelly, M.E., and Hahn, G.A., 1981, A review of the Precambrian volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in central Arizona and the relationship to their depositional environment, in Dickinson, W.R., and Payne, W.D., eds., Relations of tectonics to ore deposits in the southern Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 14, p. 11-21. Lindberg, Paul A., 1989, Precambrian ore deposits of Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Digest, Volume 17. p. 187 – 210. O’Hara, Patrick F. and Armstrong, Dale, G., 1986, Proterozoic greenstone belts and mineral deposits of central Arizona – Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains: Arizona Geological Society Digest, Volume 16, p. 319 - 328. 13"
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