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| Record Name(s) | McMurray - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Talc, Soapstone
Township or Area: Cashel
Latitude: 44° 56' 47.86" Longitude: -77° 28' 27.76"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 304799.996 Northing: 4980000 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C14NW
Point Location Description: Property symbol ' 0 ', 1 Km NE of Upper Partridge Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is accessible from the village of Gunter by travelling 12 km northeast along the Weslemkoon Lake Road, and south along a bush road for approximately 500 m (LeBaron and van Haaften 1989).
1982 - Stripping and diamond drilling (304 m in 17 drill holes) by David McMurray; drill core is stored at the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Drill Core Library, Bancroft (LeBaron and van Haaften 1989).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 13 | 31C14NW0002 | 31C14NW0002 |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - The zone of talc-carbonate-serpentine altered ultramafic rock occurs approximately 50 m southwest of the margin of the Weslemkoon batholith as shown on Figure 35. It strikes northwesterly with a steep dip to the southwest. To the north of the zone is banded, quartz- biotite-hornblende schist, and to the south, amphibolitic metabasalt (LeBaron and van Haaften 1989). Cashel Township was mapped by Lumbers (1968). The talc unit is comprised of a series of talc-carbonate-anthophyllite altered ultramafic units,2 m to 10 m wide, separated by narrow bands of chlorite schist, biotite schist and quartz biotite schist which are 20 cm to 40 cm wide (LeBaron and van Haaften 1989).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Talc-Carb-Anthophyllite Alter | Host |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Quartz-Biotite-Hornblende | N/A | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Chloritic | N/A | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 4 | Quartz-Biotite | N/A | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 5 | Amphibolitic Metabasalt | Near | |
| Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 6 | Talc-Carb-Serpentine Altered | Host |
| 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 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - 1. Mineralogy of samples in volume percent (determined by thin section point counts and X- ray diffraction). Sample 1: Talc 30%, Dolomite 24%, Calcite 24%, Serpentine 16%, Chlorite 3%, Anthophyllite 0%, Magnetite 3%; Sample 2: Talc 40%, Dolomite 10%, Calcite 20%, Serpentine 11%, Chlorite 13%, Anthophyllite 1%, Magnetite 5%; Sample 3: Talc 42%, Dolomite 5%, Calcite 1%, Serpentine 33%, Chlorite 1%, Anthophyllite 3%, Magnetite 15%. 2. Mineralogy of the talc products after beneficiation. Talc 86%; Dolomite 4%; Serpentine/Chlorite 10%; Anthophyllite 0%.
MonoMap - Geology of Cashel Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R071 Page: 23 Date: 1968
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 78-80 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - RES GEOL AFRO 1982, #5,6
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Article - Geology and beneficiation of talc in the Tudor Formation, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: MP141.053 Page: 351-358 Date: 1997
Author: LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Soapstone in Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5764 Page: 139-140 Date: 1991
Author: Gerow M.C., Sherlock E.J., Bellinger J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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