Mapping in central Kazakhstan -- I laughed out loud, having worked there in the mid 90s when things started opening up. For the sake of your liver, I hope that the culture has changed in the intervening decades!
The hard 90s are named that for a reason. I invite you to visit Kazakhstan again, you will be pleasantly surprised how the situation has changed since your last stay here
It is pretty tricky, particularly if it's fine grained. If you see a rock that looks like beige coloured marble in a system with lots of clay silica and pyrite, it should trigger suspicion.
@@GeologyUpSkill it has the added problem of being associated with the bonanza grades the old timers chased... I'm yet to find that too.... It's a MS overprinted by a LS driven by Cretaceous breakup of east Gondwana and now over planted with yummy apples.... It's been flooded and unexplored since 1903.... Until Patreon got me a ROV.... ua-cam.com/video/6Zng9u1Wv0k/v-deo.htmlsi=YK4gUnioz3JZFBGc
If you can see good crystals, alunite is distictly tabular and occasionally in slightly radiating groups. Feldspar crystals are more blocky. Salmon pink could also be rhodochrosire in intermediate sulphidation epithermals.
@@GeologyUpSkill I'll look out for MnCO4 thanks ....hardware store HCl is my best friend and makes the UV phosphorescent calcite easy to spot... Fluids came up between felsic gneiss and ultramafic-amphibolite which was already hosting orogenic pegmatites. Cool Epithermal Muscovite and tourmaline pseudomorphs... I'd love to see you discuss komatiite vs bladed metamorphic olivine because this is mixed up in it too 🤔... Thanks for the great videos 👍
@@GeologyUpSkill your very good at mineralogy, please do more on minerals and their alteration over time. This is something lacking in undergrad courses and up.
Great surface find! 🙏
It's amazing how much good stuff there is here!
Great Videos! Loved the consulting series.
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Another great video. Please keep these coming.
Whenever I see something useful in the rocks :)
U-shaped Devonian volcanic belt of CAOB is crowded with these tuffs and epithermal occurrences. Preserving level is crucial in this case
Yes. A fantastic place full of big fluid systems.
Will need a follow up video once the rig is there!
So many targets. So few drill rigs!
Great short vid. Just shows there's still outcrop at surface to be found, not everything has been discovered
Rule #20!
Never discount pure old fashioned luck .
Just listen to the rocks and you will get lucky!
@@GeologyUpSkill Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
AWESOME" KEEP IT ROCKIN' CHEERS" from the CRB's in Central Idaho!
Thanks very much :)
That’s awesome. Great story and great explanation.
Keep the educational videos coming
The supply of geology stories is endless. Fortunately!
love your videos
Thanks!
Show us the feeder structures Nick!
Next video coming soon!
@@GeologyUpSkill Great, thanks!
Here it is :) ua-cam.com/video/1j3_GiR7HNM/v-deo.html
@@GeologyUpSkill Thank you Nick.. what you are showing is a feeder zone below the core of the porphyry orebody .. is that correct ?
Mapping in central Kazakhstan -- I laughed out loud, having worked there in the mid 90s when things started opening up. For the sake of your liver, I hope that the culture has changed in the intervening decades!
The hard 90s are named that for a reason. I invite you to visit Kazakhstan again, you will be pleasantly surprised how the situation has changed since your last stay here
The culture still has some legacy, but the people are great and they actually like geologists!
Any pyrophyllite Nick? You need to sample this !
None that I was sure about. Certainly a lot of sampling required!
Great info thanks. I'm not very familiar with alunite... I think I'm mis identifying it historically it is recorded in mullock at Donnybrook
It is pretty tricky, particularly if it's fine grained. If you see a rock that looks like beige coloured marble in a system with lots of clay silica and pyrite, it should trigger suspicion.
@@GeologyUpSkill it has the added problem of being associated with the bonanza grades the old timers chased... I'm yet to find that too.... It's a MS overprinted by a LS driven by Cretaceous breakup of east Gondwana and now over planted with yummy apples.... It's been flooded and unexplored since 1903.... Until Patreon got me a ROV.... ua-cam.com/video/6Zng9u1Wv0k/v-deo.htmlsi=YK4gUnioz3JZFBGc
@@GeologyUpSkill it's the salmon coloured crystals that caught my eye as maybe it's not a feldspar...
If you can see good crystals, alunite is distictly tabular and occasionally in slightly radiating groups. Feldspar crystals are more blocky. Salmon pink could also be rhodochrosire in intermediate sulphidation epithermals.
@@GeologyUpSkill I'll look out for MnCO4 thanks ....hardware store HCl is my best friend and makes the UV phosphorescent calcite easy to spot... Fluids came up between felsic gneiss and ultramafic-amphibolite which was already hosting orogenic pegmatites. Cool Epithermal Muscovite and tourmaline pseudomorphs...
I'd love to see you discuss komatiite vs bladed metamorphic olivine because this is mixed up in it too 🤔... Thanks for the great videos 👍
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More like this!
I hope so. Exciting rocks!
@@GeologyUpSkill your very good at mineralogy, please do more on minerals and their alteration over time. This is something lacking in undergrad courses and up.
Actually I have a series on basic mineral recognition in the field currently in planning stage. Hope I get time to work on it later this year.
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Thanks, but I am not on UA-cam to make money.