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| Record Name(s) | Bartley Lithium Occurrence - 1958, Mosambik Lake Deposit - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-May-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Calcite
Secondary Commodities: Lithium
Township or Area: Mosambik
Latitude: 48° 43' 16.5" Longitude: -84° 34' 16.86"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 678620 Northing: 5399314.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42C10NE
Point Location Description: Vein 1 mile north of North Wejinabikun Lake, on edge of flooded ground.
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of logging roads heading east from highway 631 or by air from Wawa or White River.
1958: Canadian Pacific Railway - prospecting.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO Vol 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite-Quartz-Feldspar | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphibolite | 2 | Near |
May 26, 2014 (A Wilson) - A 20 inch wide calcite-quartz feldspar vein or dike was observed at the edge of flooded ground. The vein is presumably hosted by amphibolite, although a quartz monzonite intrusion has been mapped in the vicinity.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lepidolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Considerable lepidolite or lithium mica was noted, plus a very weathered spodumene crystal. Minor fluorite is also present.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown | 115 | 50 |
File - Resident Geologist files WP Nameigos.6
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Nameigos-Simpson area, Mosambik and Cudney townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0912 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1973
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Notes on mineral occurrences, Hornepayne sheet map P.476, geological compilation series
Publication Number: MP020 Page: 16 Date: 1968
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Esnagi Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2382 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1977
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Esnagi Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R176 Page: 43 Date: 1978
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Hornepayne sheet, districts of Algoma and Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury mining divisions, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0476 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 104 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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