CHAMPAGNE Cu Pb Zn deposit
Geology of the Champagne Deposit Area
The Champagne deposit area is characterized by a sequence of medium to dark grey fine grained banded to massive volcanoclastic rocks with thin fragmental to conglomeratic horizons that has been intruded by dioritic sills and dykes and to a lesser extent by thin felsic to intermediate intrusive rocks. Two dioritic (up to 65 metres thick) intrusives have been traced across the area.
Mineralization
Within the volcanoclastic sequence, massive sulphide mineralization occurs. The sulphide
intersections consisted predominantly of pyrrhotite with up to 20% pyrite and varying amounts of
sphalerite, chalcopyrite and galena and were massive to banded in morphology. The thickest
intersections were encountered in holes CD2011-06 and 08 with individual zones of massive
sulphides up to 5.87 metres (core length). The sulphide zones are hosted in a generally well banded
to laminated graphitic rock that has historically been referred to as the Champagne Horizon.
The Champagne Deposit is believed to be a deformed massive sulphide deposit of VMS-type.
The deposit remains open on strike and to depth.
Resource
The Champagne Deposit has a strike length of approximately 335 metres with mineralization extending to a depth of approximately 114 metres vertical. A non 43-101 compliant historic resource estimate at Champagne outlined 250,000 tonnes of massive and disseminated sulphides averaging 4g/t gold, 19.7 g/t silver, 2.7% zinc, 0.40% copper and 0.45% lead.
Status:
New management at Delta is currently evaluating the Bellechasse-Timmins property to determine a course of action