Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Falcon Lake Far West - 1955, Motsen Claim Group - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Lithium
Township or Area: Falcon Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 28' 31.05" Longitude: -88° 9' 42.79"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 417556 Northing: 5592123 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52I08NE
Point Location Description: Li occurrence east of Falcon Lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The Far West area is about 1/2 mile west of the West area and about l 1/2 miles west of the Discovery dike.
1955: Mimz Syndicated – prospecting, discovery. 1956: British Canadian Lithium Mines Limited – mapping, DD-5. 1979: Cominco Limited – geochemistry, sampling. 2020: CJP Exploration Inc carried out prospecting and sampling. 2023: Volta Metals Inc optioned the property and carried out prospecting and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63A.313 | 52I08NE0012 | 52I08NE0012 |
| 12 | 52I08NE0009 | 52I08NE0009 |
| 2.3207 | 52I08NE0006 | 52I08NE0006 |
| 2 .3957 | 52I08NE0007 | 52I08NE0007 |
| 4200 | 20000019781 | 20000019781 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Caribou Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Is |
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| Amphibolite | 1 | Amphibolite | Schistose | Contains |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - One pegmatite body, exposed across a width of 7 feet and for a length of 20 feet, strikes N15°E and dips steeply east. The second body is 175 feet N40°W from the first. It is exposed in two outcrops, 50 feet apart, along a strike of N20°E. In the south outcrop it is 31 feet wide, in the north outcrop, 12 feet wide, with only the east contact exposed. The third pegmatite body is about 100 feet west of the first and is exposed in an outcrop 11 feet across. But, since its contacts are not visible, its true dimensions and attitude are not known. It may possibly represent the south extension of the second body.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Spodumene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Feldspar | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Albite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Beryl | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - The three pegmatite bodies are similar in character. In the outcrops they are made up of unaltered spodumene and some potash feldspar, which occur as phenocrysts in a groundmass of quartz, albite, muscovite, and, in places, a little apatite and tourmaline. The spodumene present makes up 5 to 15% of the pegmatites, and occurs as prismatic crystals up to 6 inches in length. The three pegmatite bodies were tested by diamond-drilling but none was found to contain over 0.5% Li2O. They appear to be truncated at a shallow depth by diabase, the presence of which may account for the occurrence of dark-green altered spodumene in some of the drill cores.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
MonoMap - Geology of the Crescent Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R055 Page: 55-56 Date: 1968
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Crescent Lake area, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2100 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario-supplement 1
Publication Number: OFR5388 Page: 192-193 Date: 1982
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 48, 51 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Geology of Canadian Lithium Deposits; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 21
Publication Number: Econ Geol 21 Page: 61-62 Date: 1965
Author: Mulligan, R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey o
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102454
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