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Record: MDI31C09SW00047

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chaffeys Locks - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-11
Date Last Modified 2022-May-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: South Crosby

Latitude: 44° 34' 43.91"    Longitude: -76° 19' 29.1"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 394827.377   Northing: 4937022.88    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SW

Point Location Description: Point at Chaffey's Locks.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Clinohumite : ' from a rail-cut near the station at Chaffey's Locks '. Hydrotalcite : ' from a rail-cut near Chaffey's Locks '.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Clinohumite ( a magnesian silicate ) and Hydrotalcite ( a magnesian carbonate ) are reported from Chaffey's Locks - in marble.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChondroditeEconomicOre
2SpinelEconomicOre
3SerpentineEconomicOre
4ApatiteEconomicOre
5OlivineEconomicOre
6TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 153  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


Book - Contributions to Canadian Mineralogy, 1922, vol. 24

Publication Number: Cont CanMin Page: 17-18  Date: 1922

Author:

Publisher Name: University of Toronto

Location: https://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1922.pdf


Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 122-123  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Publication - Copper metallogeny, Lake Huron area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 78-1A

Publication Number: GSC Paper 78-1A Page: 254  Date: 1978

Author: Pearson, W N

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103899


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