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Aztec Minerals Interprets Multiple Porphyry Gold-Copper Targets at Cervantes Property in Mexico from Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Survey Data
VANCOUVER, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 16, 2019 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Minerals Interprets Multiple Porphyry Gold-Copper Targets at Cervantes Property in Mexico from Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Survey DataVANCOUVER, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 16, 2019 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF) reports that interpretation of the recently completed airborne magnetic and radiometric survey data has interpreted multiple high-quality undrilled porphyry gold-copper targets on the Cervantes property in Sonora, Mexico.The California mineralized zone drilled by Aztec sits in a radiometric K/Th anomaly and a magnetic embayment adjacent to a magnetic high, both interpreted to represent the quartz feldspar porphyry (QFP) host rock and related k-phyllic alteration associated with mineralization.New targets were also identified such as the Estrella Target, a substantial 1.3 km by 3.0 km series of northwest-southeast trending magnetic highs composed of outcropping pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite bearing hornfels (sediments baked by their proximity to an intrusion) paired with 3 distinct magnetic highs interpreted to be altered QFP intrusions.Joey Wilkins, President and CEO, commented, ''We are very pleased to see the airborne geophysical survey at Cervantes successfully identified 11 prospective porphyry target areas, including several newly discovered high-quality targets. Pronounced northeast-southwest trends are enhanced in the new geophysical datasets in addition to clear northwest-southeast trends we believe are important mineralizing controls. We plan to follow up each prospect area with more detailed mapping, sampling and surveying to better define targets for drilling.''Eleven target zones were confirmed by the airborne geophysical surveys, as can be seen on the magnetic and radiometric maps (map #1, map #2) and the four main targets are summarized below: California is flanked by a substantial magnetic high on the east side, two magnetic anomalies on the southeast side, and sits in a lower magnetic embayment where the strongest alteration and mineralization were mapped, sampled and drilled by Aztec. The phyllic-argillic alteration is thought to have destroyed any magnetite in the QFP, typical of mineralized porphyry systems. There are no magnetic rocks on the surface nor in the drill core, thus the adjacent large-scale magnetic high is interpreted to be a larger intrusion, possibly with pot...