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.
Warclub claims are surrounded by peraluminous granite.
DRYBERRY BATHOLITHIC COMPLEX
"Pegmatitic and Aplite dikes are associated with the Dryberry Lake Pluton."
"In the eastern margin of the DBC, granite pegmatite contains garnet (2 to 4 percent)/ and muscovite (5 to 8 percent) in addition to biotite. These accessory minerals suggest a peraluminous association."
The presence of both sodic and potassic suites indicates that fractionation of the pegmatite melt has occurred, which could generate lithium-rich end member components.
Warclub is a Recommended Area.
Project Unit 01-304. Fertile peraluminous granites and related rare-element pegmatite mineralization, pdf p 23:
"Exploration on strike with the Temple Bay pegmatite and to the
southwest into the correlative Warclub metasedimentary goup is also recommended."
southwest into the correlative Warclub metasedimentary goup is also recommended."
Previous Exploration:
In 2008 Whetstone Minerals staked and drilled into the gabbro for base metals.
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| WC08-01 intersected pegmatite. |
Highest results:
Be 22 ppm, Li 194 ppm, Sn 555 ppm, Sr 558 ppm, Y 237 ppm
Selected rock sampling data indicating Li prospect.
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Anomalous lake sediment data:
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| Claim block 18 cells, Feb 21, 2023 |
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| Whetstone Minerals 2008 bedrock map |
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| Whetstone Minerals 2008 mag survey Inquiries: miningjv@yahoo.ca |