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Record: MDI52L07SE00042

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pegmatite 93-260 - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Jun-07
Date Last Modified 2023-May-24
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Niobium, Tantalum, Tin

Secondary Commodities: Beryllium



Location

Township or Area: Paterson Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 15' 50.07"    Longitude: -94° 33' 33.27"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 388869   Northing: 5569137    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L07SE

Point Location Description: South of Separation Lake east of Big Whopper Pegmatite

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: on SW shore of English River in small bay



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
52L08SW0004 20000004902 20000004902
2.20238 52L08SW2008 52L08SW2008

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: English River

Belt: Separation Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Beryl Type Host

Lithology Comments

Jul 13, 2010 (C Ravnaas) - Separation Rapids Pluton, muscovite-cleavelandite pod in potassic pegmatite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ManganocolumbiteEconomicOre
2ManganotantaliteEconomicOre
3FerrotapioliteEconomicOre
4WodginiteEconomicOre
5CassiteriteEconomicOre
6BerylEconomicOre
1FeldsparEconomicGangue
2QuartzEconomicGangue
3AlbiteEconomicGangue
4MuscoviteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jul 13, 2017 (C Ravnaas) - The ore minerals are manganocolumbite, manganotantalite, ferrotapiolite, ferrowodginite, cassiterite, beryl. The pegmatite contains K-feldspar, quartz, albite (cleavelandite), muscovite; accessory beryl, alluaudite, oxides (cassiterite, manganocolumbite, ferrotantalite, manganotantalite, ferrotapiolite, ferrowodginite).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Magmatic
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular PRECAMBRIAN

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Separation Lake Greenstone Belt-West Sheet

Publication Number: P2673 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2008

Author: Blackburn C.E., Young J.B., Breaks F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Tantalum Mineralogy of Rare-Element Granitic Pegmatites from the Separation Lake Area, Northwestern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6022 Date: 2000

Author: Tindle A.G., Breaks F.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Separation Lake Greenstone Belt, West Part

Publication Number: OFM0241 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1994

Author: Blackburn C.E., Young J.B., Searcy T.O., Donahue K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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