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Lithium Groundwater and Formation-Water Geochemical Data (tabular data, tab delimited format)

Description

This lithium ground- and formation-water geochemical dataset will enable present and future companies to better evaluate their targets and characterize their resource estimates by being able to distinguish between background and anomalous concentrations of lithium throughout Alberta. The dataset comprises lithium geochemical data from ground and formation water in Alberta and near the Alberta border. The data were captured from several databases, including those from Alberta Geological Survey (oil and gas wells database, AERI and Beaver River Basin projects), and the Alberta Research Council. In total there are 1,511 records, of which 48 records have >75 mg/L Li. Nineteen analyses have >100 mg/L Li (up to 140 mg/L) and occur within the Middle to Upper Devonian Beaverhill Lake Formation and Woodbend and Winterburn groups of west-central to northwestern Alberta. Economic concentrations of lithium are known to form in either lithium pegmatite or in high-lithium brine and clay. A few of the world's oil-field waters also have medium to high lithium content. During the mid-1990s, several government reports showed that lithium values of up to 140 mg/L Li occurred in west-central Alberta formation waters of the Beaverhill Lake and Woodbend groups. however, minimal data were publicly released.

Updated

March 14, 2016

Tags
72E 72L 72M 73D 73E 73L 73M 74D 74E 74L 74M 82G 82H 82I 82J 82N 82O 82P 83A 83B 83C 83D 83E 83F 83G 83H 83I 83J 83K 83L 83M 83N 83O 83P 84A 84B 84C 84D 84E 84F 84G 84H 84I 84J 84K 84L 84M 84N 84O 84P ALBERTA BEAVERHILL-LAKE CANADA FORMATION-WATERS GEOCHEMICAL GEOLOGY GEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATION GROUND-WATER LITHIUM NORTHWESTERN-ALBERTA SWAN-HILLS WOODBEND

Title and Dataset Information

Alternative Title

Lithium Groundwater and Formation-Water Geochemical Data (tabular data, tab delimited format)

Date Modified

2016-03-14

Update Frequency

Every 2 months

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Alberta Energy Regulator

Subject Information

Start Date

1977-01-01

End Date

2003-01-01

Resource Dates

Date Created

2010-01-20

Date Added to catalogue

2020-04-30T04:03:49.263777

Date Issued

2010-01-20

Date Modified

2016-03-14

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Email

AGS-Info@aer.ca