Replies to post #43622 on Bayport International Holdings Inc. (BAYP)

[Jalex]

thx for sharing the info

[gitreal]

In the Utah area, the deposits are from volcanic activity. Imagine a Mount St Helens type volcano (stratovolcano) where lava and any other element is forced up a single centralized vent, resulting in ash and other particle debris to be scattered just like a person with a shotgun scatters pellets if they point it straight up.

The particles fall in "random" places, which means the debris field is not as easily found. If you've seen the show "Meteorite Men" you'll note how an asteroid debris field can be determined by the angle of the meteor and the approximate location of the impact

If I can be permitted to comment on this theory of gold emplacement at the EXTO claims, I do believe my comments are relevant and on on-topic, despite what others might think.

1) There very well may be volcanic rocks in the area of the EXTO claims. There might be, or not, I don't care. I see someone posted a link to a geological map of the area. Thanks, but it is irrelevant.
2) Gold placer deposits are formed from the weathering of hydrothermal veins, which may be emplaced in just about any kind of rock (volcanic, igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary).
3) The idea that particles of gold have been blasted out of a volcano and have been concentrated on the EXTO claims is not geologically sound or reasonable.
4) Comparing the emplacement of a placer deposit to a meteor fall is truly bizarre and has no merit.

There, as a geologist (MS, two registrations), if you want to continue arguing this point, please provide links to your "meteor fall theory" for gold deposition.

Also, for the record, lava is not an "element", and a volcanic eruption is not a nice scattergun distribution of material - ash falls usually fall in the direction of the prevailing winds, and the deposition of ash layers can be extremely uneven around a vent. And I have never heard of an ash fall that had economic concentrations of gold or any other element, unless it was mineralized by a later hydrothermal event.

[rbtree]

I hope you take note of gitreal's reply to you. And I suggest you take it seriously. He, unlike you and me, really knows his stuff. If you review his post history, you'll see.