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Record: MDI000000001060

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Separation East - 2008, B1 Anomaly - 1997
Related Record Type
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Mar-07
Date Last Modified 2023-May-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Rubidium, Cesium, Lithium



Location

Township or Area: Paterson Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 16' 28.88"    Longitude: -94° 32' 7.09"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 390600   Northing: 5570300.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L07SE

Point Location Description: Taken from sample location map AFRO 2.19410

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access to the area is via the English River Road, an all-weather gravel road. The property is dissected by a network of abandoned secondary clay and sand based logging and drill roads. The southern and central portions of the property are accessible by boat via the English River.



Exploration History

From 1996 to 1998, Tanco completed several programs of geological mapping and lithogeochemical sampling over the entire claim area. A drill program was completed on this area in 2003 but no pegmatite was intersected in the holes


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.19410 52L08SW2005 52L08SW2005

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: English River

Belt: Separation Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Mar 07, 2011 (C Ravnaas) - The pegmatite field at Separation Lake is seven kilometres long by three kilometres wide and trends in an east to west direction. It is hosted by supracrustal rocks (Blackburn et al., 1992; Blackburn and Young, 1992). The area is predominantly underlain by mafic metavolcanic units and associated gabbroic units. Felsic metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks exist to the north of the property and pinch out to the east. Most rock units are strongly deformed and metamorphosed to at least lower amphibolite facies. Reference Tanco, Kenora District Geologist Office Assessment File 52L07SE Q-3 AFRO 2.19410




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 07, 2011 (C Ravnaas) - The predominant rock type in the area is a fine to medium grained, medium gray to black, well foliated mafic metavolcanic, possibly of basaltic composition. This unit comprises most of the central portion of the claim group. Coarse grained, dark coloured gabbro has been mapped in the center of the mafic metavolcanic unit. It appears to indicate a folding pattern. As well, narrow bands of chemical metasedimentry iron formation occur throughout the region. These iron formation units tend to display a highly gossaned appearance. The mafic metavolcanic unit is bounded to the north and to the south by regional granitoid complexes, both of which contain granitic gneissic and pegmatitic units. Well exposed to the north is the Treelined Lake Granite, which is part of the English River Subprovince. The granitic unit to the south is part of the Winnipeg River Subprovince. Reference Tanco, Kenora District Geologist Office Assessment File 52L07SE Q-3 AFRO 2.19410




Mineralization Comments

Mar 07, 2011 (C Ravnaas) - Geology and sample location map indicated anomalous to highly anomalous Li, Cs and Rb assay results from samples collected during Tanco lithogeochemistry survey. Assay results present in AFRO 2.20238 are up to 462 ppm Li, 830 ppm Rb, 926 ppm Cs. Reference Tanco, Kenora District Geologist Office Assessment File 52L07SE Q-3 AFRO 2.19410


Jul 13, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Anomaly Zone B is a broad 650 x 3250 m linear anomaly in the north and central portion of the property. The B1 anomaly is a linear, 1650 m long, weak to moderate strength anomaly. The anomaly is bound and hosted by the felsic unit (AFRI 52L08SW2005).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Separation Lake Greenstone Belt-West Sheet

Publication Number: P2673 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2008

Author: Blackburn C.E., Young J.B., Breaks F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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