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| Record Name(s) | Wisa Lake North Zone - 1956 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Lithium
Township or Area: Wolseley Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 25' 16.55" Longitude: -92° 13' 48.45"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 556960 Northing: 5363410 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52C08NE
Point Location Description: Map in Ardiden press release July 28, 2017
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access Is by road from Provincial Highway #11 at Flanders, Ontario, about 30 km west of Atikokan. From Flanders, roads lead south a distance of 75 km to the property area. Quetico Provincial Park is situated approximately 3 km to the east of the property.
1956: Lexindin Gold Mines (Norlox Mines Ltd.) conducted 1713 of diamond drilling and 131 m of packsack diamond drilling in a total of 20 DDH. 2010: Dan Patrie Exploration Ltd. conducted a magnetometer survey. 2013: Dan Patrie Exploration conducted prospecting and sampling. 2016: Alset Minerals acquired the property and carried out sampling. In December 2016, Ardiden Ltd. optioned the property from Alset. 2022: Ardiden sold its remaining 20% interest in the lithium joint venture that included Wisa Lake to Green Technology Metals.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.44337 | 20000005898 | 20000005898 |
| 2.54894 | 20000008228 | 20000008228 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Muscovite Leucogranite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spodumene | Economic | Ore |
Apr 22, 2016 (Therese Pettigrew) - Results of the 2013 sampling program had 7 samples that ranged from 28.4-78.1 ppm Li plus one sample that returned 301 ppm Li (Assessment report 20000008228). Several spodumene-bearing dikes cutting metasedimentary rocks are found in the area. Alteration of the spodumene to yellowish brittle mica is noticed on the surface of the dikes. "A" core and packsack diamond drilling in 1956 indicated 330,000 tons of material, grading 1.15 percent lithium oxide, in several structures over a strike length of 1,100 feet, to a depth of 200 feet (Vos et al., 1982; Mineral Deposit files Thunder Bay office). Selective sampling along a 200 m strike length of the North Zone (NZ) returned grades ranging from 283 ppm up to 2.19% Li2O (Alset Energy Corp. press release May 30, 2016).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisa Lake | 1958 | Unclassified | 299369 | Lexindin Gold Mines 1958 Manager's Report, Thunder Bay RGP Mineral Deposit files | 330,000 tons of material grading 1.15% LiO2 to a depth of 200 feet over a strike length of 1100 feet. | Lithium 1.15 Percent |
Publication - Lithium deposits of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 57-3
Publication Number: GSC Paper 57-3 Page: 17 Date: 1957
Author: Mulligan, R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101221
Publication - Geology of Canadian Lithium Deposits; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 21
Publication Number: Econ Geol 21 Page: 66 Date: 1965
Author: Mulligan, R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102454
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario-supplement 1
Publication Number: OFR5388 Page: 85 Date: 1982
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Lexindin Gold Mines Ltd. Manager's Report
Publication Number: Min Dep files Date: 1958
Author: Pancer, L.
Publisher Name: Lexindin Gold Mines
Location: Thunder Bay RGP Office
Mono - Report of Activities 2012, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay South Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay South District
Publication Number: OFR6285 Date: 2013
Author: Puumala M.A., Campbell D.A., Cundari R.M., Zurevinski S.E., Tuomi R.D., Lockwood H.C., Debicki R.L., Moses P., Brunelle M.R., Pelaia R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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