Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Boundary Actinolite - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Actinolite
Secondary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Elzevir
Latitude: 44° 35' 46.4" Longitude: -77° 13' 37.48"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 323242.951 Northing: 4940509.905 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SE
Point Location Description: Point 9.75 km NE of Actinolite.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Site EL-5 : Drive 3.7 ml E from Hwy 37 on Hwy 7 and turn left onto the Upper Flinton road (just past the Sulphide road). Drive 0.55 ml and take the right fork. Drive 0.75 ml, turn right and drive 2.25 ml. Proceed along the access road leading off to the right for 450 ft. Take the track on the right and walk 360 ft to a small clearing. There are 2 large, whale-backed outcrops.
Showings of actinolite are reported on these lots but no work on them. Antholite and asbestos are also recorded.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A belt of actinolite showings is said to run through lots 7 and 8 in con 11, Elzevir, and then into lots 8 and 9 in con 1, Kaladar. The amphibole antholite is reported in lots 7 and 8, con 11 - in irregular bundles of strong fibres associated with altered enstatite, calcite, dolomite, etc. Asbestos is also referred to in 1899. Site EL-5 : Faulted, metasomatized metasediments in which actinolite is predominant, occurring in radiating and asbestiform masses.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1913; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 320
Publication Number: CMB Pub 320 Page: 189 Date: 1914
Author: McLeish, J
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307586
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 22 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
File - Resident Geologist files 1982, property exam # EL-5
Publication Number: Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name: Tweed RGP
Location:
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 311 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Part - Minerals of Ontario, with notes
Publication Number: ARV09.009 Page: 195 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000 Date: 1985
Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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