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| Record Name(s) | Spodumene Dike - 2001, Lilypad Lakes - 1985, Campbell Lithium Occurrence - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Lithium, Tantalum
Secondary Commodities: Cesium, Tungsten, Rubidium
Township or Area: Ferguson Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 38' 1.69" Longitude: -88° 16' 30.08"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 411758.31 Northing: 5721079.86 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52P09NE, 52P09NW, 52P09SE, 52P09SW
Point Location Description: Outcrop -ddh
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Located approx. 192 km northwest of Nakina and approx. 18 km west-northwest of Fort Hope First Nations. Accessible by helicopter.
1940-41: 3 pegmatic dykes identified by V.K. Prest while mapping. 1956: Standard Lithium Corporation Ltd. - staked claims, drilled 12 ddh totalling 968 m, trenching and channel sampling undertaken. 1962: Robert Campbell acquired the property and drilled 4 ddh totalling 141 m. 1979-82: The Tantalum Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd. (Tanco) – performed lithogeochemistry, e.m., mag., and 52 ddh totalling 5367 m. At least 11 separate anomalies were outlined, with subsequent detailed mapping of several of these. Tanco let the claims lapse in 1985. 1986: Gold Fields Canadian Mining Ltd. – staked the claims and undertook prospecting, channel sampling, mapping, biogeochemcal sampling which assayed for arsenic, assay previously drilled core (1545 samples from 27 drill holes). Airborne magnetic and EM surveys were flown over the west half of the property. No new DDH were drilled by Gold Fields. 1988: All leased claims were cancelled. 1994: Placer Dome Canada Ltd. staked a large series of contiguous claim blocks over the area. 1999-2001: Avalon Ventures staked claims and carried out an exploration program consisting of geophysical surveys (gravity and magnetic), prospecting, geological mapping, a bedrock lithogeochemical survey, diamond drilling and assaying. 1 DDH was drilled on the Spodumene dyke, totalling 115 m. 2000-2001: Joint venture between Avalon and Global Canada. JV terminated following the 2001 program. The project has been inactive since 2001 awaiting a recovery in tantalum prices or new demand for cesium minerals. 2009: Avalon Ventures changed name to Avalon Rare Metals.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 10 | 52P09NW0027 | 52P09NW0027 |
| 2.3375 | 52P09NW9397 | 52P09NW9397 |
| 2.5649 | 52P09NE0014 | 52P09NE0014 |
| 2.4885 | 52P09NE0015 | 52P09NE0015 |
| 11 | 52P09NW0024 | 52P09NW0024 |
| 2.20656 | 52P09NE2002 | 52P09NE2002 |
| 2.10838 | 52P09NW0007 | 52P09NW0007 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Sep 29, 2006 (Mark Puumala) - The Lilypad Lakes occurrences are hosted within numerous pegmatite dikes ranging from several centimeters to tens of metres wide (Taylor et al., 2005). The majority of the dikes are reported to strike in an approximately east-west direction (i.e., 240 to 270). However, numerous dikes oriented in an approximately north-south direction are also present. Diamond drilling information indicates that the dikes are also typically continuous to a depth of at least 100m. A number of types of pegmatite dikes were identified by Breaks and Tindle (2004). These deposits belong to the rare-element class of the LCT (lithium-cesium-tantalum) geochemical family, and include albite-type, albite-spodumene type, and complex-type (spodumene and elbaite-subtypes) pegmatites. Details regarding the specific characteristics of the six occurrences/deposits listed above are provided below. Taylor et al. (2005) recognize evidence of two principal regional deformation events in the vicinity of these deposits. Both events have affected the pegmatite dikes and host rocks. The earliest deformation event is characterized by a strong to intense penetrative to locally-spaced cleavage in the metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks. This fabric approximately parallels stratigraphy in the supracrustal rocks. This fabric is also weakly developed in the more competent pegmatite dikes, and has been noted in the northern portions of the Kawitos Lake batholith. This fabric is likely to have been related to a regional N-S compressional event, and is axial planar to isoclinal folds. A second later strain event is represented by crenulation folds that overprint the earlier fabric. With the esceprion of the Spodumene dike, most pegmatites show little evidence of having been impacted by the second deformation event. These deposits are likely to be genetically related to the Kawitos Lake batholith, which has been identified by Breaks and Tindle (2004) as a potential fertile S-type granite pluton similar to others that are located near the Uchi-English River Subprovince boundary.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Lepidolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Scheelite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Spodumene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Amblygonite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Albite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Cassiterite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Allanite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Zircon | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 24, 2011 (Mark Puumala) - The spodumene dike occurrence is described by Rees (2001) as a series of east-west trending dikes and stringers extending over a strike length of approximately 240 m. Most of the dikes range in width from 1.5 to 7.5 m and strike parallel to stratigraphy, with evidence of folding and structural modification. The pegmatites are described by Wallace (1978) as intruding a mafic metavolcanic dominated sequence. Breaks and Tindle (2004) describe the dikes as crudely zoned albite-spodumene-type pegmatites composed of muscovite-green spodumene-potassium feldspar-quartz-albite pegmatite and sodic aplite assemblages. Accessory minerals include red-brown garnet, blue apatite, black tourmaline and oxide minerals. Wallace (1978) reported that grab samples collected from this occurrence assayed up to 4.07% LiO2 and that a diamond drill intersection of 10.4 m contained 1.07% LiO2. Rees (2001) reported Ta2O5, Rb2O and Cs2O values of up to 0.014%, 0.306% and 0.038% respectively from samples of drill core collected by Avalon Ventures in 2000. The relatively low Ta, Rb and Cs values are interpreted by Breaks and Tindle (2004) to indicate a relatively primitive geochemical signature. These dikes are also indicated by Rees (2001) to have undergone more deformation than most pegmatites on the property. This observation, combined with the less evolved geochemical signature is consistent with an earlier time of emplacement than for the other mineralized pegmatite occurrences in this area.
Aug 05, 2014 (Therese Pettigrew) - Avalon drilled a single hole (LSP00-06) into the Spodumene Dyke to test the vertical extent of dykes previously mapped by Standard Lithium. They found four separate dykes ranging from 1.15 -7.4 m core lengths (<1-6 m true thickness). The dykes are pink-orange in colour, generally highly albitic with local coarse partially assimilated orange K-feldspark. Fine to coarse green spodumene aggregates occur locally. Albite is generally aplitic with local sections of coarser grained cleavelandite. Generally, tantalum values were negligible and cesium and rubidium values were low, although there was a 2.1 m interval of 0.014% Ta2O5. Avalon reported 0.003% Ta2O5, 0.005% Cs2O and 0.058% Rb2O over 7.4 m, from 65.7-73.1 m.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
Date: Nov 26, 1996
Geologist: C Salo
Notes: N/A
Map - FORT HOPE AREA, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM38-B1 Scale: 1:190,080 Date: 1929
Author:
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Fort Hope area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51B Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Prest V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Fort Hope-Lansdowne House sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2237 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1972
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W., Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Opikeigan Lake, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2379 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Book - GEOLOGY OF THE FORT HOPE AREA; Ontario Dept. of Mines Annual Report 1942, v. 51, part 3, pp. 1-28
Publication Number: Date: 1944
Author: Prest, V.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Wottam Lake, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2417 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1979
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Opikeigan Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: R185 Page: 32-33, 43-46 Date: 1978
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of the Miminiska Lake area, districts of Kenora (Patricia Portion) and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R214 Page: 62-63, 79-80 Date: 1981
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Avalon Ventures website: http://avalonraremetals.com/projects/lilypad_lakes/
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Map - Precambrian Geology, Opikeigen Lake Area
Publication Number: P3269 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2005
Author: Hall L.A.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Operation Fort Hope
Publication Number: MP042 Page: 56-57 Date: 1970
Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Miminiska Lake Area, Fort Hope Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3764 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2012
Author: Buse S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Miminiska Lake area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: P0992 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Wallace H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Miminiska-Fort Hope Area, Eastern Uchi Domain
Publication Number: P3611 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2009
Author: Madon Z.B., McIlraith S.J., Stott G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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