Post by
Wangotango67 on Sep 17, 2022 2:56pm
PYROCHLORE - CALCIUM - MAGNESIUM - DOLOMITE - - Nb
DRIFTWOOD -
Has shown - 10 ppm - 19 ppm - Nb -
( rock sample )
How was our deposit measured ?
Only Magnesite was factored.
Dolo's and Calcium were taken out to improve the Mg grade to remove impurities.
Only a small - compartmentalized - zone was measured to arrive @ 8 million tonnes ( MgO )
Few reports are not accessible on - Mt Nelson -
Older reports can't be found.
Kaiser report - not recognized with far more tonnage.
Same goes for Mt Nelson soil samples. ( ripped from online )
FUTURE TENSE -
Our ores were only tested for - basics - with claicum and impurities removed.
DRIFTWOOD -
A rock was sent in for assaying - we do have - Nb.
And a few other REE's.
PAGE - 17 -
https://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PropertyFile/PAP/2001/2001-28.pdf
Thankfully... there was - one - older assay report stick avial online.
This report revealed - Nb - 10 ppm - 19 pmm.
Our deposit runs - quite deep - several lenses.
Lots of Dolo's.
Lot's of colors.
Nb does come in several colors.
Calcium, Sodium, Iron, Aluminum, are a huge role play.
We have a strike of - 1.8 km
Moreso - Dolos. ( dolomite )
Table I. Distribution of Niobium in the Universe ( notate - ppb - ppm )
Cosmic abundance - 3 ppb
Meteorites -
(2) Chrondrites - .5 ppm
Irons - 0.03 ppm
Moon (2)
Estimated mean - 5 ppm
Maria basalts - 5ppm - 60 ppm
Highland anorthosites - 2 ppm - 7ppm
Soil fines - 12 ppm - 60 ppm
Crust of the Earth (2) - 24 ppm
Whole Earth - 5 ppm
Again - Driftwod displayed a rock sample with - 10 ppm - 19 ppm
Much of the clacium ( dolos 0 disregarded.
This is where the Nb hosts itself.
Driftwood - also has the signature traits of, Titanium, Barite, Irons, Chlorite, Quartz, that also run gang with - Nb.
EXCERPT -
Pyrochlore occurs principally in carbonatites and in pegmatites derived from alkalic rocks. Common associate minerals, in addition to the rock forming minerals (calcite and dolomite in carbonatites: nepheline, orthoclase and albite in alkalic rocks) are zircon, apatite and a number of other uncommon Zr, Ti, Nb and Ta minerals.
The same structural framework applies to lueshite NaNb03, loparite (Na, RE) Ti03
or latrappite (Ca, Na) (Nb, Ti, Fe)03.
if our deposit were calculated ( including ) dolos...
How large would it be ?
Mega tonnes. ( lots of lenses on the stratigraphy columb )
Makes one think twice - how much Dolos was sold in North America - exported - as simple calcined cements. wink.
Nenadkevichite - labuntsonite Nenadkevichite corresponds roughly to Na2NbSi 0 (OH). 2H 0. There is a Both 26 2 quasi-solid solution series extending to KTiSi207. 2H20, labuntsovite. of these minerals are found in hydrothermal veins within alkaline intrusive massifs. Crystals are prismatic, variously terminated; they are clear to pinkish white. Chemical composition and X-ray diffraction pattern for nenadkevichite are given in Tables XVI and XVII.
Niobophyllite Niobophyllite is the niobium analogue of astrophyllite. Its formula is approximately K2Fe6Nb2Si8(0, OH, F) Lake area, Labrador, Canada. It is a micaceous mineral of chocolate-brown color: perfect (001) cleavage, specific gravity of 3.42. It occurs in paragneiss from the Seal
Page - 36 - Reveals the - Nb - in silactes per - percentages -
Page - 40 - percentage of other minerals to - Nb - coexistence -
I see - iron - magnesium - calcium - are strong poronents to the existence of - Nb.
Good.
What's remarkable about Mt Nelson is....
Much of the carbonates sit atop other lenses.
Which has baffled geologists.
Butwhat i like about Mt Nelson is.... there are several lenses of dolos.
Even the shales with purple and pinks with a dolomite beneith it, that changed color to purple.
This research report goes on to discuss - intrusive alkalines - which is what most have labelled the Purcell Group. Especially Mt Nelson and parts of Rocky Mountain Group.
Dolos are present in both.
PAGE 56 - 57 -
Canada In their 1966 memoir, Tuttle and Gittins (88)
reported on 20 carbonatite occurences in Canada, since that time, an estimated 20 more have been found. Principal ones, located in Eastern Canada, are indicated in Figure 18 and essential data are summarized in Table XXIII.
Canadian carbonatites occur in four age groups: 1750 to 1550, 1100 to 850, 600 to 300 and 125 to 90 My B.P. They can generally be seen to cut the Precambrian basement gneiss or greenstone complexes. Carbonatites of the two older groups are distributed along or near the Kapuskasing High, a lineament extending from Lake Huron to James Bay showing gravity and magnetic highs. Carbonatites of the two younger groups are essentially in or near the StLawrence rift system.
Many of the 600 to 300 My B.P. carbonatites have been observed in and around the St-Lawrence rift system which is associated with the opening of the Atlantic Ocean some 200 My B.P. Reconstruction of the continents to their pre-200 My B.P. configuration (Figure 19) shows in fact that the Scandinavian, Greenland and Canadian carbonatites of the 600 to 30 My B.P. occur in one long zone (one exception, the North Greenland carbonatite).
Put in perspective ?
Not many carbonate deposits out there in, Canada.
Simple compare gold depoists to - carbonates deposits.
BOOM - BOOM -
Driftwood - has the right - zip code - this Bugaboo is akin to - Mt Nelson.
Across from, Brisco.
PAGE - 57 -
A number of carbonatites are known in Western Canada although these have generally not been well-explored. content is located in the Bugaboo area of British Columbia. A placer deposit
with significant niobium
Map of Bugaboo - Mountain range - any coincidence it's a park - lol
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bugaboo+Provincial+Park/@50.7493668,-116.8076584,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf9a5d171bd4a0f23!8m2!3d50.8175258!4d-116.8522904
Page - 62 - primary rock hosting - Nb -
Dolomite - Mangnesite - Siderite - - - two thumbs up... way up.
Move over Gneiss rock - ( gneiss rock is the mainstay for Nb )
you have competiton now wirth the - dolo's.
wink.
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF NIOBIUM DEPOSITS Guy Perrault* and Edgar A. Manker** "Campus de 1'Universite de Montreal C.P. 6079 Succursale "A" Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7 **Niobec Inc. 1000 Sherbrook St. West, Suite 1710 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2P2 Abstract Niobium is element no. 33 in the list of abundance in the crust of the Earth; it is less abundant than zinc, nickel, copper or tungsten but more abundant than cobalt, molybdenum or tantalum. crust but only 5 ppm of the whole Earth; it is enriched in the mantle and the crust but depleted in the core. Niobium makes 24 ppm of the crust but only 5 ppm of the whole Earth; it is enriched in the mantle and the crust but depleted in the core.
LINK -
file:///C:/Users/ANDREW/AppData/Local/Temp/nt_geology-and-mineralogy-of-niobium-deposits.pdf
How does one preserve a ( special dolomite / magnesium deposit - with Nb )
Why you point the junior to several - green projects - drag it out for - years and years...
Suffering the shareholdsrs. Watch the park lands slowly crepe in. lol
Did i just not read recently... another Mg junior is retesting thier ores?
I wonder if they're checking for... Nb? Were they by chance reading my posts ?
lol
Why is our junior off yonder on a ( green ) Ree project when Dridtwoods - dolos- several lenses should be thoroughly reanalyzed ? Is it - make Driftwood sit for more years ?
Are they for shareholders or... perfect lil puppets ?
I would think... shareholder should choose the right personel to do suchtesting along with the assay lab. Just an opinion... wouldn't want ot see dolos andcalcium discarded firstly.
No harsh feelings.
Wink.
KAISER REPORT - had our depoist sitting @ - 22 - 23 million tonnes.
Triple to what is is - now.
My calculations placed a 10 ppm Nb @ 700 million. ( full recovery ) using 8 million tonnes.
Imagine applying the resource to al ldolos ?
More Mg, more Ca, and how much - Nb would it amount to ?
We should be revamping the deposit - new constraints - larger size - calculating it with
Calcium creidts
Magnesium credits
Nb credits
Potentially - zinc. I did come across a report stating the ( middle group ) of the Purcell super group does contain zincs.
If our depoist was calculated including all the dolos and all the STRATA lenses...
What sort of tonnage would we arriver at ?
And of course the ... BUGABOO - very close to Mt Nelson across from Brisco.
Has the = Nb.
Cheers....