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Record: MDI31C05NE00052

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bonter - 1991, Bonter-Hutchinson-Spry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jun-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Talc



Location

Township or Area: Rawdon

Latitude: 44° 28' 17.72"    Longitude: -77° 33' 15.31"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 296842.716   Northing: 4927426.737    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 7.5 km NE of Bonarlaw.



Exploration History

1940: W.R. Bonter, Thomas Hutchison and Clifford Spry opened a talc quarry, in 1940. (AR Vol. 50 Pt. 1, p.165).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5TalcEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mines of Ontario in 1940

Publication Number: ARV50-01.001 Page: 165  Date: 1997

Author: Tower W.O., Cave A.E., Taylor J.B., Little E.S., Hargrave W.G., Bayne A.S., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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