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Record Name(s) | Canada Talc Mine - 1937, Conley - 1911 |
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Related Record Type | Partial |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1986-Jan-31 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Talc, Marble (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Huntingdon
Latitude: 44° 30' 13.6" Longitude: -77° 27' 6.71"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 305093.74 Northing: 4930752.85 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Precise, Shaft 611 feet deep just north of property symbol 8, just SE of Madoc.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible from Madoc.
1911: Conley deposit discovered by test pitting. 1916: No. 1 shaft sunk about 100 feet east of the Henderson line. 1919: No. 2 shaft was started, 300 ft NE of main shaft. Ore pinched out with depth so subsequent work carried out from No. 1 shaft. 1935: No. 3 shaft sunk near new orebody. 1937: Merger of Conley and Henderson Mines, joined by crosscut from 4th level of No. 1 shaft in the Conley Mine. Old workings on No. 1 and No. 2 shafts now sealed off. 1951-1983: the mine was operated by Canada Talc Industries Limited. 1983: The company was reorganized as Canada Talc Limited. January 1999: Highwood Resources Ltd. acquired Canada Talc. Major mine infrastructure improvements were made including access to new production level and infrastructure and capital equipment installation at mill in Marmora were completed. 2002: Dynatec Mineral Products Division acquired the industrial minerals division of Highwood Resources (see OFR 6152, p2 for details). Sheritt International acquired property as part of acquisition of Dynatec c. 2008 In Aug 2010, Sherritt closed Canada Talc operations in Madoc after over 114 years of continuous production. In 2011 the site was rehabilitated.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomite Marble | 1 | Fine-Grained | Host |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Rutile | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
30 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
35 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
40 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
45 | Zircon | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Talc and soapstone in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 583
Publication Number: CMB Pub 583 Page: 27, 30 Date: 1922
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307779
Publication - Talc deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 2
Publication Number: Econ Geol 2 Page: 84-88 Date: 1926
Author: Wilson, M.E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102438
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 103-104 Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
Map - Madoc area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 51-52 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 30-37 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Talc in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR040 Page: 9-23 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 64 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 165 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2010, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6267 Page: 12-13 Date: 2011
Author: Sangster P.J., LeBaron P.S., Laidlaw D.A., Wilson A.C., Carter T.R., Fortner L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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