Abstract: 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.
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AGS Information Manager
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(780) 638-4491
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(780) 422-1918
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Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
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Edmonton
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Alberta
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T6B 2X3
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Canada
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AGS-Info@aer.ca
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Lithium Groundwater and Formation-Water Geochemical Data (tabular data, tab delimited format)
Date:
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2010-01-20
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Energy Resources Conservation Board
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Eccles, D.R.
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Jean, G.M.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Alberta, Canada
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Abstract:
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.
Purpose:
This lithium in 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.
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completed
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Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
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Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
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Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta
Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open
Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological
Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references
to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our
releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
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48.999488
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60.084333
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compilation date
Begin date:
1977-01-01
End date:
2003-01-01
Supplemental Information:
Language: In English;
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Feature catalogue description:
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false
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Detailed Entity and Attribute information is provided with the dataset, formatted as Federal Geographic
Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.
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Distribution:
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
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8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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URL:
https://static.ags.aer.ca/files/document/DIG/DIG_2010_0001.zip
Name:
Tabular Data
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Name of measure:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Measure description:
Evaluation method description:
The datum is NAD83. Alberta Geological Survey maintains the AGSWDB and ARC data. The AGSWDB data are oil
and gas wells that are legally surveyed before drilling begins. Whereas the AERI and BRB data holdings
are project specific. AERI, BRB and ARC data are mostly domestic water wells that are not legally
surveyed. We calculated the latitude and longitude co-ordinates from the Dominion Land Survey centroid
using A. Lytviak's co-ordinate converter called ERDNA. The remaining industrial-water source wells were
legally surveyed. Alberta Geological Survey did no additional surveying as part of this data compilation.
Result:
Quantitative result:
Value unit:
Base unit:
Identifier:
Units system: xlink: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/
Value:
Report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Name of measure:
Vertical Positional Accuracy
Measure description:
WARNING - not available
Evaluation method description:
The sample depth is calculated from the kelly bushing of the Alberta Geological Survey wells database
(AGSWDB) and from ground surface for all other sources. For AERI data, ground elevations are from a
hand-held GPS,+/- 10 metres. The AGSWDB data are legal surveys (usually with a 1 cm accuracy) conducted
by private industry. The BRB and ARC data are mostly domestic from water wells with ground elevations
determined from topographic maps, or given in an industrial report in the case of industrial-water
source wells. Alberta Geological Survey did no additional surveying as part of this data compilation.
Result:
Quantitative result:
Value unit:
Base unit:
Identifier:
Units system: xlink: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/
Value:
WARNING - not available
Report:
Completeness commission:
Result:
unknown
Report:
Completeness omission:
Evaluation method description:
The primary selection criteria, from all data sources, was for ground or formation water geochemical data
with lithium values. The data transferred from the databases to this dataset included site
identification number, unique well identifier, latitude, longitude, date sampled, ground elevation,
kelly bushing elevation, sample depth, culled status, cation-anion balance, lithium value and formation
name. We did not capture other data fields from the respective databases or use special definitions.
Result:
unknown
Report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure description:
This is a compilation of data from many sources and can contain multiple geochemical analyses (i.e.,
records) for each well. The sample depth is calculated from the kelly bushing in the Alberta Geological
Survey oil and gas wells database (AGSWDB) and from ground surface for all other sources. The formation
names are as shown from the original databases. The entry "n/a" means data were not available. There are
missing data in the original databases including unique well identifier, sample date, latitude,
longitude, kelly bushing elevation, sample depth, cation-anion balance and formation name. We made no
attempt to populate the missing data fields. Nor did we perform independent checking of the validity of
the attributes (i.e., did not check versus original databases). We did not perform validity checking on
the original databases.
Result:
unknown
Report:
Non quantitative attribute accuracy:
Measure description:
These data are a measurement of lithium geochemical values in milligrams per litre. The data date back as
far as 1977. Thus, the user should be aware that laboratory techniques, accuracy and precision have
varied over time.
Non-detectable limit for Alberta Geological Survey oil and gas wells data is 0.01 mg/L. We consider all
values of 0.01 or less as non-detectable.
Non-detectable limit for Alberta Research Council data is 0.1 mg/L. We consider all values of 0.1 or less
as non-detectable.
Result:
inapplicable
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The primary selection criteria, from all data sources, was for ground or formation water geochemical data
with lithium values. The data transferred from the databases to this dataset included site
identification number, unique well identifier, latitude, longitude, date sampled, ground elevation,
kelly bushing elevation, sample depth, culled status, cation-anion balance, lithium value and formation
name. We did not capture other data fields from the respective databases or use special definitions.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
During 2009, Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) compiled ground- and formation-water geochemical lithium
data from government sources and from AGS data holdings, resulting in 1511 records.
We used specific queries to extract lithium values based on parameter names.
- AGS wells database (AGSWDB) provided 743 lithium values.
- Alberta Research Council (ARC) provided 288 lithium values.
- Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) provided 42 lithium values.
- Beaver River Basin Project (BRB) provided 438 lithium values.
We appended the individual datasets into one table. Longitude values in the originating BRB database
were positive, and we altered them to a negative value.
We exported the table to Microsoft Excel, altered attribute names to better describe the attributes,
and removed irrelevant attributes. The following five attributes are required to make a unique
record: Site_ID, Data_set_ID, Date_samp, Cat_an_bal and Lithium.
The original authors variously assessed the data. We performed no additional quality assessment on the
data through the project. That is, culled and non-culled data are included because these 'anomalies'
in the data could be critical to the mineral exploration companies investigating lithium in Alberta.
Date and time:
2009-01-01T00:00:00
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Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
unknown
Maintenance note:
This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2
transform.
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of service:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Role:
Role code:
custodian
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