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Record: MDI000000003369

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ember - 2024, Spark Extension - 2022
Related Record Type
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2023-Mar-21
Date Last Modified 2024-Nov-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lithium

Secondary Commodities: Niobium, Tantalum, Rubidium, Cesium, Tin



Location

Township or Area: Pakeagama Lake Area

Latitude: 52° 37' 6.62"    Longitude: -93° 25' 23.55"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 471348.79   Northing: 5829917.92    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 53C11SW

Point Location Description: GPS coordinate from field visit.

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Access is available by helicopter or boat.



Exploration History

2022: Frontier Lithium completed detailed and regional mapping, as well as prospecting (Frontier Lithium, news release, Jan. 31, 2023). A new pegmatite called the Spark Extension was discovered. 2023: Initial parallel channel sampling was completed. 2024: Frontier Lithium drilled below the channel samples and intercepted pegmatite.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Belt: Favourable Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SpodumeneEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 21, 2023 (Paul Malegus) - The RGP visited the site on August 12, 2022 with Frontier Lithium staff. Two samples were collected, 22TG0050 returned the following results: 3.08% Li2O, 0.003% Cs2O, 0.09% Rb2O, 55 ppm Ta2O5, 43 ppm SnO2, and 63 ppm Nb2O5 (Frontier Lithium, January 31, 2023 news release). The pegmatite covers an area of 10 x 15 m, composed of spodumene, quartz, muscovite, +/- lepidolite, tourmaline and garnet. Additionally, the company notes the spodumene has a "snowshoe" texture. Initial parallel channel sampling was completed in 2023, returning 2.16% Li2O over a combined 18 m. In 2024 Frontier Lithium drilled below the channel samples and intercepted pegmatite 40 m below, with drillhole PL-138-24 intersecting 1.43% Li2O over 18.8 m (Frontier Lithium, news release, November 19, 2024).



Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Aug 12, 2022

Geologist: Paul Malegus

Notes: Site visited by RGP.



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