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| Record Name(s) | Dafoe Lake - 1981, Dubblestein - 1982, Canada Talc - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Jun-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Talc, Soapstone
Township or Area: Cashel
Latitude: 44° 57' 11.22" Longitude: -77° 26' 55.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 306853.461 Northing: 4980659.264 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C14NW
Point Location Description: Map symbol ' Talc ', 1.3 Km N of Dafoe Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Accessible via an old bush road running S from the Weslemkoon Lake road, about 22 Km E of Gunter. This requires a 4WD vehicle.
1982 : A. Dubblestein and M. Dubblestein held the property which consisted of 4 claims. Canada Talc Industries Limited diamond drilled 2 holes ( 381 ft ). Some surface stripping by A. Dubblestein.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 11 | 31C14NW0003 | 31C14NW0003 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Granodiorite | 2 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - STONE DESCRIPTION: The stone contains 30 to 60 percent talc (fine- to medium-grained flakes), abundant tremolite, minor anthophyllite and dolomite as well as 10 percent iron- titanium oxide minerals (Lumbers 1968). Dillon and Barron (1982) describe the stone as medium-grained, medium to buff, grey-green rocks which are massive to poorly foliated. They contain 10 to 30 percent talc with anthophyllite, chlorite, tremolite and dolomite as accessory minerals.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Anthophyllite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Dolomite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tremolite | Economic | Gangue |
MonoMap - Geology of Cashel Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R071 Page: 41, 43 Date: 1968
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 273,283,291 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc in the Tudor Formation, Grenville supracrustal series, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5530 Page: 15-21 Date: 1985
Author: Dillon E.P., Barron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 72, 75-77 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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