Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Whetstone - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Slate
Township or Area: Elzevir
Latitude: 44° 32' 20.32" Longitude: -77° 20' 56.7"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 313376.699 Northing: 4934423.015 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Point 1.7 km W of Actinolite.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Portions of the slate might be suitable for whetstone.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Calcareous hornblende slate on contact with marble.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Slate | Host |
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Publication - Abrasives, products of Canada, technology and application, part I, siliceous abrasives, sandstones, quartz, tripoli, pumice, and volcanic dust; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 673
Publication Number: CMB Pub 673 Page: 59 Date: 1927
Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306497
Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869
Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 107 Date: 1870
Author:
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/222878
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