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| Record Name(s) | Nelson Ta Occurrence - 2023 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2023-Nov-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Dec-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Tantalum
Township or Area: Lilac Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 21' 59.85" Longitude: -92° 17' 38.45"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 552289 Northing: 5357291 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52C08SW
Point Location Description: From map in Libra Lithium press release Nov 6, 2023
Location Method: Data Compilation
2023: Libra Lithium carried out prospecting and sampling, discovering the showing.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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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 | Tantalite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 15, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Nelson tantalite occurrence was found along the margins of a quartz pod within a 3 m wide pegmatite that has been traced for 100 m and remains open along strike, and contains coarse-grained tantalite measuring 2 cm in diameter. A sample from this showing returned up to 4,469 ppm Ta2O5. On the Flanders North and Flanders South properties, 15 samples containing fine-grained tantalite returned greater than 100 ppm Ta2O5 (Libra Lithium press release Nov 6, 2023).
Press Release - Libra Lithium announces high-grade tantalum discovery
Publication Number: Press Release Date: 2023
Author: Kushner, K.
Publisher Name: Libra Lithium Corp.
Location: https://libralithium.com/press-release/
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