PROPERTIES: BRAZLI 1
Brazli 1 property
2,956 hectare (29 square kilometers) mineral claim block in Brazil’s Minas Gerais State
- Brazli 1 property is prospective for Lithium (Li), Gold (Au) other pegmatite derived minerals such as tantalite, columbite and beryl.
- The Project is in the Araçuaí Pegmatite District (APD) within the EBPP where the pegmatites are hosted by supracrustal rocks composed of mica schist from the Salina Formation. The rocks are intruded by Neoproterozoic granitic bodies and are a source of volatile mineralizing fluids.
- Minas Gerais state forms part of the Eastern Brazilian pegmatite province (EBPP), which is home to high-quality lithium-bearing minerals, spodumene and petalite. The EBPP is one of the most significant granitic pegmatite provinces in the world and hosts important industrial minerals, including quartz, feldspar, mica, and beryl.
- Lithium mineralization is believed to occur within a halo of pegmatite dikes and apophyses that have formed within the rocks surrounding the Neoproterozoic granitic intrusions. The mineralized pegmatites in the region are dispersed along a complex and crosscutting system of northeast-and northwest-oriented faults that were exploited by the dikes.
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