Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42E05SW00016
| Record Name(s) | Vegan - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Lithium
Township or Area: Barbara Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 19' 57.31" Longitude: -87° 57' 46.87"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 430033.07 Northing: 5464874.92 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42E05SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access is along the Gorge Creek Road, which is accessed turning right off of Highway 11 approximately 40 kilometers north of Nipigon, Ontario, then hiking on foot to the property.
1955-6: Dunvegan Mines Ltd. conducted geological mapping, prospecting, and drilled 55 DDH totalling 3523 m. 1956: Vegan Lithium Mines Ltd. conducted geological mapping, prospecting, and drilled 19 DDH totalling 738.6 m. 2009: Canadian Orebodies conducted reconnaissance mapping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.11137 | 42E05SW8331 | 42E05SW8331 |
| 2.7415 | 42E05SW0006 | 42E05SW0006 |
| 2.46196 | 20000005575 | 20000005575 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Schnieders) - Vegan No. 1 and No. 2 deposits: Vegan No. 1 pegmatitie dike has been traced in outcrops and in 19 diamond drill holes over a length of 700 feet. It ranges from 2 to 30 feet in thickness and averages about 15 feet. It strikes S 35-40 degrees and dips 35 degrees E. The dike consists of coarse-grained to vey coarse-grained elongated crystals of white potash feldspar and prismatic crystals of spodumene, 2-8 inches in length, in a groundmass of quartz, feldspar, and muscovite, At the south end of the dike , a little red garnet and black tourmaline are also present. The Vegan No. 2 dike averages 16 feet. and ranges up to 18.5 feet in width, and is essentially a tabular body that dips 35-45 degrees NE. The deposit is similar to the No.1 (Pye, 1965).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent | |
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase Dykes And Sills |
Jun 29, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - The biotite-quartz-feldspar schist is a dark-coloured, grey rock having a banded appearance due to compositional variations in the original sediments. While the major portion of sequence is granoblastic in texture, porphyroblastic rocks are also present containing porphyroblasts of one or more of garnet, staurolite and cordierite. These minerals are more resistant to erosian and hence stand up in marked relief on outcrop surfaces. The medium- to coarse-grained granitic rocks are pale grey or pale pink in colour generally massive in nature and consist primarily of feldspar, quartz and mica. The pegmatites are closely associated with the granite and are of two types. The potentially economic pegmatites consist of feldspar, quartz, muscovite and most importantly spodumene, while the second type are the more normal granitic pegmatites (AFRI 42E05SW8331).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spodumene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Muscovite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Intrusive |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegan #2 (Newkirk) Deposit | 1956 | Possible | 750000 | R031, Pye 1965 | Lithium 1.38 Percent |
Map - Georgia Lake area, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2056 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and lithium deposits of Georgia Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R031 Page: 103-105 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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