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 During Q1 of 2008, Belmore Resources drilled a single hole (3679-04) near the old Kilbricken Silver Mine. There had been previous drilling in this area both by Belmore and previous explorers, however none of the holes had tested the base of the reef.
This hole intersected 18m of massive sulphide at the base of the Waulsortian Reef with a 10m intersection from 448.1 to 458.1m assayed 13.84% Zn, 5.52% Pb. This mineralisation is open in all directions with the nearest drillhole tesing the base of the reef being 1.5km to the North East.
The results of the drill hole 3679-04 are summarised below:
| 0 - 2 m |
Overburden |
| 2-34.2m |
Fine grained crinoidal calcarenite |
| 34.2 - 57.2m |
Cavities, massive calcite, minor Pb/Zn, represents old 19C workings |
| 57.2 -85.1m |
Fine grained sparry calcarenites |
| 85.1 - 99.25m |
Cherty fine calcarenites to micrites, unfossiliferous |
| 99.25 - 128.7m |
Black calcareous mudstones with occasional sparry lst beds |
| 128.7 - 233.5m |
Sparry calcarenites and micrites, moderately fossiliferous |
| 233.5 - 260m |
Fine grained pale grey micrites, reef like but no stromatactis |
| 260 - 274.4m |
Nodular bedded cherty limestone |
| 274 - 426m |
Reef Limestone, patchy dolomitisation |
| 426 - 436.6m |
Reef with minor pyrite horizons |
| 436.6 - 443.75m |
Reef with bands of massive pyrite |
| 443.75 - 448.1m |
Massive Pyrite |
| 448.1 - 458.2m |
High grade interval, from 454.8m muddy partings suggest possible replacement of ABL host |
| 458.2 - 459.3m |
Crinoidal ABL |
| 459.3 - 461.5m |
ABL, steep dips |
| 461.5 - 472m |
ABL, gentle dips |
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