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| Record Name(s) | Queensboro Soapstone - 2000, Queensboro Soapstone Occurrence - 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-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Talc, Soapstone
Township or Area: Elzevir
Latitude: 44° 35' 12.74" Longitude: -77° 21' 41.06"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 312551.726 Northing: 4939771.035 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Point 4 km E of Queensborough.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: About 100 ft from the SE corner of the lot is a pit (1926). Drive N from Hwy 7 on the Queensborough road (Hastings Road 12). There is a junction at 4.8 km (3 ml); continue straight ahead. At 5.1 km (3.2 ml) there is a lane on the right to the Kelly farmhouse. Opposite the lane (on the left) a trail leads through the woods for 70 m to the pit (1970, 1987). This is W of Hastings Road 12 and so in con2, not 3. Is this the same showing and pit as described by Wilson (1926) ?.
Pre-1926 : a pit was sunk on a zone of irregularly foliated talcose dolomite, 15-20 ft wide and of 150 ft (exposed) length (1926). Similar material is exposed on the roadside 100 ft to the NW, so the zone is several hundred feet long. The pit was water-filled and partly overgrown in 1987 (assuming these references are for the same location), but specimens could be obtained from the piles near the pit.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location : soapstone, talc, hydrotalcite, magnetite. The soapstone consists mostly of talc with some chlorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Talc in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR040 Page: 28-29 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec, Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41
Publication Number: GSC MR 41 Page: 77 Date: 1996
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: EL04.0 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 86, 88-90 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Soapstone in Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5764 Page: 153 Date: 1991
Author: Gerow M.C., Sherlock E.J., Bellinger J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 98-99 Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
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