June 12th - Yellowknife, NWT
Gary Vivian of Aurora Geosciences Ltd and Robin Wyllie picked up a sample of Giant Mine Breccia with a payloader and took it to Manitoulin Transport in one of their 1 ton transporters. The boulder's real weight is 2292 lb! It certainly would present significant challenges to any keen-eyed rock hounds thinking of grabbing a piece of gold for themselves. The sulphide content alone will likely preclude any attempts to sample it too. The Breccia arrived in Waterloo a week later and was placed in the Peter Russell Rock Garden on June 24th. A gathering of colleagues, family, and friends to remember Gwilym Roberts is being planned.
For those curious, the inscription will be:
Shear-hosted lode gold in Breccia
Archean Kam Group,
Yellowknife Greenstone Belt, Slave Craton
Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest TerritoriesDonated in Memory of R. Gwilym Roberts (1934-2011)
By: Robin Wyllie B. Sc. (Hons.) Earth Sciences 1989
Aurora Geosciences Ltd.
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