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| Record Name(s) | Mitch Wilson Soapstone - 2002 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Mar-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | C Papertzian |
| Revised By | D Laidlaw |
Primary Commodities: Soapstone
Township or Area: Camden East
Latitude: 44° 27' 29.69" Longitude: -76° 50' 47.85"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 353092.271 Northing: 4924429.655 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07NW
Point Location Description: Junction of Cameron creek and the road leading to Moscow from just east of Enterprise
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Drive east of Enterprise and turn south on the road leading to Moscow. Just prior to the intersection of the Moscow road and Cameron Creek turn off to the east on a dirt road leading to a barn. Continue on this road for approximately 1/2 mile to the occurrence.
This is a new occurrence. Exploration began in earnest in the spring of 2002 with two areas being stripped and sampled.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Date: Mar 13, 2003
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: This occurrence was visited on September 6th, 2002. Two stripped areas were observed. The first area measured roughly 35 feet by 15 feet. A talc vein was noted in the middle of this area, approximately 5 feet wide by 25 feet long, striking 192 degrees. It was flanked on either side by white to buff to pink coarse grained calcitic and dolomitic marble. A second stripped area measured 10 feet wide by 15 feet long. A two-foot wide vein of talcose material (soapstone) was also noted in this outcrop. Again the strike was 192 degrees and the dip was -37 degrees. This vein was flanked by white serpentinized marble.
Map - Madoc area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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