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Record: MDI42C10NW00001

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Strickland Beryl Occurrence - 1958, Nameigos River Deposit - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Nov-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lithium, Beryl



Location

Township or Area: Strickland

Latitude: 48° 43' 42.82"    Longitude: -84° 48' 30.31"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 661161.9   Northing: 5399599.07    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42C10NW

Point Location Description: Pegmatite dike

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by overland traverse from a series of logging roads i the area, or alternatively, the site can be reached by air from Wawa.



Exploration History

1958: Canadian Pacific Railway Company - mapping, prospecting. 1983: Pez Group of Companies - airborne geophysics. 2017: Harte Gold Corp. – Airborne electromagnetic, magnetic and radiometric survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
WP Hambleton.30 / 2.58374 20000015432 20000015432
Strickland 0010 42C10NW0002 42C10NW0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Amphibolitic Schist Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing is described as a calcite-quartz-feldspar vein or dike within granite gneisses.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1LepidoliteEconomicOre
2SpodumeneEconomicOre
1CalciteEconomicGangue
2FluoriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Nov 30, 2018 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of considerable lepidolite or lithium mica, plus a weathered spodumene crystal. On analysis only a trace of Li was detected. Minor fluorite is also reportedly present (WP Nameigos.6).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 114.3 .5

References

File - Resident Geologist files WP Nameigos .6

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Dayohessarah Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0288 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Notes on mineral occurrences, Hornepayne sheet map P.476, geological compilation series

Publication Number: MP020 Page: 18  Date: 1968

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:


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:


Map - Dayohessarah Lake area, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2129 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1968

Author: Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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