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| Record Name(s) | Benham Pegmatite - 2023 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2023-Oct-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jan-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Lithium
Township or Area: Bridges
Latitude: 49° 51' 26.84" Longitude: -93° 42' 5.21"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 449581 Northing: 5523018 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F13SE
Point Location Description: GPS point
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
2023: prospecting by W. Benham noted lithium mineralization. Pioneer Lithium optioned the property in November.
Jan 18, 2024 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Benham Lithium Project cis located immediately south of the boundary between the Winnipeg River and Western Wabigoon Sub-provinces of the Archaean Superior Craton, straddling a narrow greenstone belt proximal to the peraluminous, two-mica Ghost Lake Batholith and its smaller satellites (Pioneer Lithium ASX release Jan 18, 2024).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Spodumene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Lepidolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Spessartine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 18, 2024 (Therese Pettigrew) - The pegmatite outcrop is 40 m long. Channel sampling returned 2.33% Li2O over 2.1 m including 4.61% Li2O over 100 cm from channel sample F0373658 (Pioneer Lithium ASX announcement Jan 18, 2024).
Date: Sep 29, 2023
Geologist: Ethan Amyotte
Notes: Field visit to document and sample newly discovered lithium pegmatite occurrence.
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