Basic Li Grassroot Facts.
Breaks and Tindle, 1997 :
- Fertile granites differ from barren (common) granites in their geochemistry, mineralogy, and texture. Fertile granites tend to be large plutons or batholiths, typically greater than 10 km2 in outcrop area .
Selway, Breaks & Tindle, 2004 :
-They are silicic (quartz rich) and peraluminous (A/CNK > 1.0), resulting in crystallization of Al-rich minerals such as muscovite, garnet, and tourmaline.
- The presence of muscovite in barren granites tends to be silver colored and medium grained, whereas muscovite in fertile granites and pegmatites tends to be green (but may also be brown, silver, and rarely pink) and coarse grained (>2 cm across).
-The presence of garnet in a granite indicates that the granite is peraluminous and fertile, because barren granites do not contain garnet.
-The presence of pink, green, or blue Li-rich tourmaline indicates that the pegmatite has economic potential for Li, Cs-Ta, although not all Ta-mineralized pegmatites contain tourmaline.
-The presence of blue or green Mn-rich fluorapatite indicates that the pegmatite has economic potential for Li-Cs, Ta, although not very many Ta-mineralized pegmatites contain Mn-rich fluorapatite.
-The presence of beryl indicates that the granite is fertile and peraluminous, because barren granites do not contain beryl.
Ontario Geoscience map below recommended the Buchan bay area.
Breaks 1991 map. Buchan Bay claim block is surrounded by peraluminous granite.
Buchan Bay claimed area is described as encompassing pink or white pegmatic granite.
Sediment sampling data and geological criteria supports the North Buchan Bay area as highly prospective targets.
Refer to OGS' report OFR6104 pdf p40-74 for mapped areas of highly anomalous REE.
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| 24 kms SW Dryden |
OGSEarth's highly anomalous sample locations
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| click on map to enlarge |
Lake sediment ppm high values ( 99th pecentile ) for Cs, Rb, Li are found.
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| west of target: diorite-monzondiorite-granodiorite suite target: mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks east of target: massive to foliated granodiorite to granite |
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| Open claim map above |
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| Feb 6, 2023 claim map |
Feb 8 2023 Rush to stake around the Buchan Bay claims
