Description
Radioactive Anomaly Staked 1970, Dropped; Staked By Highwood Res 1976 For "Uranium"; 1983 Be Deposit Found By Highwood Resources
Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Zirconium
SecondaryTantalum, Gallium, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formNORTH T-ZONE CONSISTS OF ZONES THAT ARE IN THE FORM OF A SERIES OF STACKED SAUCERS IN 4 ZONES OF 15 LITHOLOGIES
Materials
Ore mineralsBastnaesite, Bertrandite, Columbite, Phenacite, Xenotime
GangueAlbite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Microcline, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSyenite
Associated rockPeralkaline Granite
AlterationMany Zones Of Alteration Within The Ore Zone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10085037
MRDS IDW700474
Alternate namesThor Lake T-Zone
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates62.1154, -112.59438
References
DAVIDSON,A., 1978, THE BLATCHFORD LAKE INTRUSIVE SUITE: AN APHEBIAN ALKALINE PLUTONIC COMPLEX IN THE SLAVE PROVINCE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA PAPER 78-1A, P. 119-127.TRUEMAN, D. L., 1984, GEOLOGY OF THE THOR LAKE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS: AN UPDATE: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; V. 1, P. 115-120.CERNY, PETR, AND TRUEMAN, D. L., 1985, POLYLITHIONITE FROM THE RARE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLATCHFORD LAKE ALKALINE COMPLEX, N. W. T., CANADA. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 70, P. 1127-1134.CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.