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Nama Creek

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodity Lithium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255218
MAS/MILS ID 1220400097
Record type Site
Current site name Nama Creek
Alternate or previous names Nama Creek North, Conway, Nama Creek South

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -86.99998, 49.00002 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Spodumene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -86.99998, 49.00002
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 430M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30E:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850805
  • Strike N55E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 9M
    Length 1000M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N55E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850805
  • Strike N45E
    Dip 72W
    Thickness 8M
    Length 240M
    Width 180M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:72W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850805

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner York Cons Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1957
    Indicated 3893000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3893000mt ore
    Total resources 3893000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium LiO2 1.06 wt-pct Lithium Major 1957
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Demonstrated 5550000mt ore
    Total resources 5550000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lithium LiO2 1.03 wt-pct Lithium Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 335M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 28.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES. INDUSTRIAL MINERAL REPORT 21,

  • Ownership

    ONTARIO MINERAL INVENTORY REPORT (OPEN FILE), 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 295.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M.VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA,MINERALS, MR 181, 1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.A-28.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D. F. PEGMATITE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ONTARIO.

  • Deposit

    1967, P. 47-51.

  • Deposit

    MCCONNEL, CRAIG. SECTORAL INVENTORY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    MULLIGAN, ROBERT. GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN LITHIUM DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT 21

  • Deposit

    P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    PYE, E.G. GEOLOGY AND LITHIUM DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA AREA ,

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT OF THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES,

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL REPORT 31, 1965, P. 89-96.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. 1982-83 EDITION, P. 341.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JAN-1997 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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