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The Baker Spring Project covers an area of strong silicification twelve miles north of the Long Canyon gold deposit. It lies along the eastern range front of the Pequop Mountains, the same setting as Long Canyon, which is a sediment-hosted (Carlin-type) gold system containing a preliminary indicated and inferred resource of approximately 822,000 ounces of gold.
Baker Spring is a Carlin-type gold target containing multiple structurally-controlled zones of silicification (jasperoid) along north-northwest trending faults, an orientation similar to many of the productive gold deposits of northern Nevada. Extensive replacement-style silicification in Paleozoic carbonate rocks occurs marginal to the fault-controlled jasperoids. Although Redstar's sampling to date has not detected elevated gold contents, the jasperoids contain strongly-elevated mercury and other trace metals and locally contain disseminated pyrite and hydrothermal barite, features characterisitic of productive Carlin-type gold deposits. Individual silicified fault zones are at least 4,000 feet long and project into or are surrounded by valley-fill gravel (alluvium) along the northeast corner of the Pequop Range. Alluvial cover in the area appears to be thin, with jasperoids in some areas surrounded by more than 3,000 feet of cover between outcrops. There are no records of previous drilling.
The range-front setting of Baker Spring is very prospective; the majority of the large gold systems in Nevada are developed in these settings. Also, the strong silicification along steep faults indicates that there is a local, deep-seated fluid source. The elevated mercury contents are increasing outboard into the alluvial-covered valley, a possible vector to concealed gold mineralization, as mercury is elevated at Long Canyon to the south. The lack of previous exploration drilling provides a pristine exploration opportunity.
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