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Victory Pit, Kalgoorlie WA


Chert does not give a decrepitation response. These samples have been deliberately plotted  at about the same vertical scale as the quartz veins to highlight the lack of response in chert samples.

H479  Sample# 1522A  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit, half way down, chert band
Silicified chlorite/carb, dark green, trace S=

H481  Sample# 1522B  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit, half way down, chert band
silicified chlorite/carbonate, dark green, trace S=,  Acid Washed
 
 

H231  Sample# 1512A Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork
massive gy/wh qtz, CR inclusions, minor py

H232  Sample# 1512B Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork
very fine grained, sugary, grey-white qtz

H233  Sample# 1512C Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork
med grained, grey-white qtz

H234  Sample# 1512D Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork
med grained, grey-white qtz, CR selvages
 
 

H235  Sample# 1513A Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork, adjacent to dyke
massive homogenous, grey-white qtz

H236  Sample# 1513B Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork, adjacent to dyke
coarse grain, grey-white qtz

H237  Sample# 1513C Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit, barren qtz vein in dense stockwork, adjacent to dyke
coarse grain, grey-white qtz
 
 

H239  Sample# 1514A Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. half way down, single horiz qtz vein with parallel chlorite partngs
med grain vitreous semi transl qtz, CR selvage

H240  Sample# 1514B Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. half way down, single horiz qtz vein with parallel chlorite partngs
med grain semi transl qtz, CR selvage

H241  Sample# 1514C Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. half way down, single horiz qtz vein with parallel chlorite partngs
med grain semi transl qtz, CR selvage

H242  Sample# 1514D Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. half way down, single horiz qtz vein with parallel chlorite partngs
fine grain white qtz, CR selvage, grainy
 
 

H475  Sample# 1521A  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit, 2/3 way down, isolated prominent qtz vein 5cm thick, vertical
greyish semi transl. vitreous qtz

H476  Sample# 1521B  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit, 2/3 way down, isolated prominent qtz vein 5cm thick, vertical
translucent qtz with inclusion bands

H477  Sample# 1521C  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit, 2/3 way down, isolated prominent qtz vein 5cm thick, vertical
semi translucent white qtz
 
 
 

H243  Sample# 1515A Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. Near bottom horiz qtz veins in felsics
coarse grain milky white qtz

H244  Sample# 1515B Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. Near bottom horiz qtz veins in felsics
coarse grain milky white qtz , feldspar selvages

H245  Sample# 1515C Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. Near bottom horiz qtz veins in felsics
coarse grain milky white qtz , CR selvages, much py

H246  Sample# 1515D Kalg 94  0.5g  -420+200u
Victory Pit. Near bottom horiz qtz veins in felsics
coarse grain semi translucent qtz, vitreous
 
 

H460  Sample# 1516A  Kalg 94 0.5 gm   -420+200u
Victory pit, near bottom, vertical crosscutting vein in felsics
 

H461  Sample# 1516B  Kalg94  -420+200mu  0.5g
Victory pit, near bottom, vertical crosscutting vein in felsics
milky white qz
 
 

H462  Sample# 1517A  Kalg94  -420+200mu  0.5g
Victory pit, at pit bottom, Ore, horiz veins in V altered, chloritic zone
greyish semi transl. vitreous qtz

H463  Sample# 1517B  Kalg94  -420+200mu  0.5g
Victory pit, at pit bottom, Ore, horiz veins in V altered, chloritic zone
greyish semi transl. vitreous qtz

H480  Sample# 1517C  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit, bottom, ORE
greyish qtz with feldspar/biotite/carbonate     Acid Washed

H464  Sample# 1517D  Kalg94  -420+200mu  0.5g
Victory pit, at pit bottom, Ore, horiz veins in V altered, chloritic zone
greyish semi transl. Trace S=

H473  Sample# 1520A  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, ore zone, qtz from vertical veins
grey, fine grained semi transl. qtz

H474  Sample# 1520B  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, ore zone, qtz from vertical veins
white semi transl. qtz, much black ?? tourmaline??
 
 

H465  Sample# 1518A  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent to ore, much less albite altered
dull greenish qtz, minor S= and feldspar

H466  Sample# 1518B  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent to ore, much less albite altered
milky white qtz

H467  Sample# 1518C  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent to ore, much less albite altered
grey, semi transl. qtz

H468  Sample# 1518D  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent to ore, much less albite altered
semi transl. white qtz
 

H469  Sample# 1519A  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent +10m to ore, much less albite altered
semi transl. vitreous white qtz

H470  Sample# 1519B  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent +10m to ore, much less albite altered
semi transl. vitreous grey qtz

H471  Sample# 1519C  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, float qtz adjacent +10m to ore, much less albite altered
semi transl. vitreous white qtz

H473  Sample# 1520A  Kalg94  0.5g  -420+200mu
Victory pit bottom, ore zone, qtz from vertical veins
grey, fine grained semi transl. qtz
 

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