Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI000000002040
| Record Name(s) | Jackpot SW - 2022, Namewaminikan River - 2016, Blue Sky Southwest - 2016 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2017-Jan-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Lithium
Township or Area: Barbara Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 17' 41.1" Longitude: -87° 56' 53.12"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 431065 Northing: 5460654.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42E05SW
Point Location Description: GPS UTM. Point is middle of sample group.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1955: Conwest staked or optioned the claims covering the showings after E.W. Hadley made a discovery of spodumene on Island showing. Conwest mapped the pegmatite outcrops and drilled 31 holes totalling 3284 m on the Jackpot showing, 8 holes totaling 153.5 m on the Salo Showing and 2 holes totaling 182.8 m on Southwest showing. 1956: Conwest sold the property to Ontario Lithium. 1957: Ontario Lithium drilled 8 holes totaling 159.9 m on the Salo Showing. 1960: Ontario Lithium brought the claims around the Jackpot Showing to lease. 2002: Leased claims over the Jackpot Showing lapse. 2009: Three claims are staked by Steve and Jim Forbes plus John Rapski covering the historical Jackpot showing. 2011: Caracle Creek International Consulting completed a prospecting assessment report for claimholders Pierre Robert and Wade Kornick. Kornick also partnered in on a larger TerraQuest airborne Magnetic/VLF survey of the immediate area of the showings. 2015: Everton Resources optioned the Kornick claims. 2016: Wade Kornik completed a program of prospecting and sampling, identifying this showing. 2022: Imagine Lithium carried out sampling and channel sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.57197 | 20000014253 | 20000014253 |
| 2.56340 | 20000014252 | 20000014252 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
Jan 05, 2017 (Andrew Tims) - The Blue Sky Southwest area is part of a two-kilometer trend about 300 meters wide consisting of several distinct outcrop areas of spodumene bearing pegmatite. Multiple sub parallel spodumene bearing pegmatite dykes are present associated with a generally northeast – southwesterly trending structural corridor.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Spodumene | Economic | Ore |
Sep 13, 2019 (Andrew Tims) - Grab samples from 2016 prospecting along the north shore of the Namewaminikan River ranged from trace to 6.01% Li2O (Assessment Report 20000014253).
Dec 12, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Site 1 (located at UTM Zone 16, 431219 mE, 5460794 mN) returned 1.23% Li2O over 10.3 m, including 2.88% Li2O over 4 m. Site 4 (located at UTM Zone 16, 431358 mE, 5460962 mN) returned 1.84% Li2O over 2.0 m. Site 6 (located at UTM Zone 16, 430969 mE, 5460678 mN) returned 2.15% LI2O over 0.9 m (Imagine Lithium press release November 29, 2022).
Map - Georgia Lake area, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2056 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and lithium deposits of Georgia Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R031 Page: 101 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Thesis - Granitoids and Rare-Element Pegmatites of the Georgia Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: M.Sc Date: 1985
Author: Zayachivsky, B.
Publisher Name: Lakehead University
Location:
Thesis - The Petrography and Alteration of Some Spodumene Pegmatites near Beardmore, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1965
Author: Milne, V.
Publisher Name: University of Toronto
Location:
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