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Cadillac Mining Acquires Herd Dome Copper Prospect In British Columbia
VANCOUVER, May 29 /CNW/ - Cadillac Mining Corporation (TSXV: CQX) announces that it has entered i...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, May 29 /CNW/ - Cadillac Mining Corporation (TSXV: CQX)\nannounces that it has entered into an option agreement with the Estate of\nFrank Onucki to acquire 567 hectares of mineral claims comprising the Herd\nDome copper property. Located in the Omineca Mining Division of west central\nBritish Columbia, the prospect is situated 70 kilometers southwest of Houston,\nBC in a region which hosts several significant porphyry copper deposits,\nincluding the Huckleberry Mine located 69 km to the southeast.\n\n\nDespite encouraging prospecting results over several decades, the Herd\nDome prospect has not been methodically mapped or sampled, nor has there been\nany drilling. It and the surrounding area are virtually unexplored, due\nprimarily to the rugged terrain and previously difficult access. More\nrecently, a network of logging roads has penetrated to within 1.5 km of the\nmain showing on the prospect. Extending one of the existing roads would\ntherefore provide direct access to the upper reaches of the property.\n\n\nThe Herd Dome prospect was discovered in the 1970's by 'grassroots'\nprospecting for porphyry copper mineralization. The claims staked at that time\nlapsed as the industry subsequently retrenched. Systematic chip sampling by\nthe prospector-owner in 1982 produced encouraging results which included\n15 meters of greater than 1.0% copper, 80 meters of 0.42% copper and 25 meters\nof 0.42% copper.\n\n\nStrong copper mineralization is seen in three zones extending over an\narea measuring 1500 by 2000 meters in a mountainous setting. The most\nprominent showing is related to a breccia pipe carrying strong, broadly\ndistributed copper mineralization and localized silver values up to\napproximately 4 oz per tonne. This zone was estimated by Placer Dome Mines,\nwho held the property under option in 1991-92, to measure at least 250 meters\nin diameter. It also shows as a prominent air photo-identifiable feature of\nthe same magnitude. Copper-bearing minerals chalcopyrite, bornite, covellite,\nmalachite and chalcocite occur as veinlets, stringers, disseminations and\npods. Two additional nearby copper showings exhibit very similar mineralogical\ncharacteristics, but with lower silver values.\n\n\nCopper mineralization related to hydrothermal breccia-pipes is believed\nto represent the upper level expression of a p...