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Garcia Flats, Nevada USA
Gold
Harvest Gold Corp., HVG.V, acquired the Garcia Flats
following the results of a
regional geochemical survey undertaken by the property vendor, Mr. Greg Hill.
The survey, which he designed and completed in 2005, had the specific objective
of identifying a new district size gold target on the south Carlin Trend in Elko
County, Nevada
Garcia Flats Geology
Summary
The Garcia Flats property comprises 198 unpatented lode claims in two blocks
covering approximately 16 km of highly prospective covered pediment. This
property covers an area large enough to host a buried district similar in size
to many world class Carlin type districts such as at the Cortez area. The
project was acquired following results of a regional geochemical survey
undertaken by the property vendor designed to identify a new district size gold
target on the south Carlin Trend in Elko County, Nevada. Favorable Devonian and
Mississippian carbonate host rocks occur in the ranges to the north and west and
are projected beneath the surface on the property. A buried northwest-trending
horst occurs within a complex structural framework beneath soil geochemical
anomalies in gold and pathfinders arsenic, antimony, barium, and thallium, as
well as other trace elements.
Regional Geology and
Deposits
The Pinon Range is host to several gold deposits with underground and open pit
mines at the Rain, Tess, Saddle, and Emigrant deposits at the north end of the
range totaling more than 2.5 million ounces at or near the Webb/Devils Gate
contact. Gold resources occur to the south of Rain at several deposits including
Trout Creek, Pony Creek, and others. Garcia Flats occurs at the south end of
this trend of deposits, where prominent northwest-trending faults intersect the
north-trending zone of gold deposits. A northwest-trending horst similar in size
and morphology to the Rain horst occurs in the subsurface at Garcia Flats and
the northwest-trending faults associated with this feature are parallel to the
Rain fault, one of the main ore controls at Rain. Favorable host rocks occur to
the north, west, and east of Garcia Flats and the Webb/Devils gate contact may
be relatively shallow beneath the claim block. Continuing south from Garcia
Flats, the Archimedes mine and South Eureka deposit also sit on the
north-trending zone of gold deposits that extends from South Eureka to the Rain
district.
Current Exploration Program
Two large areas of anomalous geochemistry define the target areas within a
nearly 10 square mile 500 m by 500 m soil grid. Soil sampling within a 100 m by
100 m grid over the primary target areas is currently underway. A second 100 m
by 100 m soil survey is also planned over the southeastern target area. This
detailed soil geochemistry will greatly improve the resolution of gold and other
geochemical patterns. Detailed gravity data are currently being acquired and
will provide detailed depth to bedrock estimates and indications of major
structures. CSAMT and/or MT geophysical orientation surveys are planned to test
the utility of these methods at Garcia Flats.
Combined, the detailed soil and gravity surveys, and possibly other geophysical
surveys, will provide high-quality drill targets.
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