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Record: MDI31C09SE00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Morton - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Talc



Location

Township or Area: South Crosby

Latitude: 44° 33' 32.16"    Longitude: -76° 12' 28.66"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 404066.573   Northing: 4934664.84    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SE

Point Location Description: Point2.5 km N of Morton.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: In a roadcut on Hwy 15 at the top of a hill, 1.6 km N of Morton.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Thin, dolomitic marble interbedded with cordierite gneiss. A hard, green, massive talc occurs as patches in white marble veined with serpentine.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SerpentineEconomicOre
2TalcEconomicOre
3CordieriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 184-5  Date: 1989

Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Westport map area, Ontario, With Special Emphasis On the Precambrian Rocks; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 346

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 346 Page: 11  Date: 1967

Author: Wynne-Edwards, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100533


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