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| Record Name(s) | Chisholm - 1991, Hearthstone - 2004 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Actinolite
Secondary Commodities: Talc, Soapstone
Township or Area: Kaladar
Latitude: 44° 38' 3.04" Longitude: -77° 12' 50.61"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 324391.013 Northing: 4944697.939 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SE
Point Location Description: Dot symbol Act, 7.5 km west of Kaladar.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: LOCATION: The quarry is located along Flinton Creek, approximately 6.5 km south of Flinton. ACCESS: The property is accessible by travelling south for 6.5 km along the upper Flinton Road (east of the Skootamatta River) and then east along a bush road for 1 km (LeBaron and van Haaften 1989).
A.M. Chisolm operated the quarry up until the beginning of the 20th century. Actinolite was transported by team to Kaladar Station for shipment. Only a limited amount was shipped. In 1984, stone was again removed for use in decorating wood stoves.
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The quarry occurs within a band of altered ultramafic rock approximately 20 m wide with a northeast strike and near vertical dip. Calc-silicate metasediments lie to the west with siliceous metasediments and pegmatite to the east (LeBaron and van Haaften 1989).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegmatite | 2 | Near | ||
| Ultramafic Schist | 3 | Talc-Anthophyllite | Contains | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 4 | Calc-Silicate Metasediments | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The altered ultramafic unit is composed of talc-anthophyllite schist. The stone is a grey-green colour on fresh surface weathering to a dark green to reddish orange colour. Thin section examination by Verschuren et al (1986) showed a composition of 60 percent talc, 30 percent anthophyllite and 10 percent dolomite with minor amounts of magnetite, hematite, tremolite and carbonate. The anthophyllite occurs as rosettes up to 1.5 cm in diameter.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Anthophyllite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Dolomite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Tremolite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Thin section examination by Verschuren et al (1986) showed a composition of 60 percent talc, 30 percent anthophyllite and 10 percent dolomite with minor amounts of magnetite, hematite, tremolite and carbonate. The anthophyllite occurs as rosettes up to 1.5 cm in diameter.
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 344 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Part - Geology of Kaladar and Kennebec townships
Publication Number: ARV51-04.002 Page: 72 Date: 1998
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 30 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kaladar area, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties
Publication Number: R215 Page: 83 Date: 1982
Author: Wolff J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 191-3 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Soapstone in Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5764 Page: 185 Date: 1991
Author: Gerow M.C., Sherlock E.J., Bellinger J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 115-9 Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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