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Record: MDI000000003430

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Temple - 1997
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2023-Jun-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tantalum

Secondary Commodities: Niobium



Location

Township or Area: Temple, Garnet Bay Area

Latitude: 49° 42' 58.59"    Longitude: -93° 18' 27.5"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 477823   Northing: 5507131    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F11NW

Point Location Description: GPS

Location Method: Field Visit



Exploration History

1997: F. Plomp discovered this 75 by 600 m tantalum-niobium-bearing pegmatite in 1997 (Plomp 1998). Grab samples collected by Plomp returned 182 ppm Ta and 553 ppm Rb.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1

Mineralization Comments

Jun 09, 2023 (Ethan Amyotte) - The pegmatite measures 75 by 600 m. Grab samples collected by Plomp returned 182 ppm Ta and 553 ppm Rb (Plomp, 1998).



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Temple Prospecting Project

Publication Number: OPAP97-301 Date:

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Location: Kenora RGP office


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