Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Canniff Creek - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Talc
Township or Area: Grimsthorpe
Latitude: 44° 45' 36.66" Longitude: -77° 22' 20.18"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 312249.891 Northing: 4959048.09 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C14SW
Point Location Description: Point 1.5 km E of Lingham Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A talc occurrence, located along the E margin of the Canniff Tonalite - N of the 'Grimsthorpe 1 and 2' occurrences described by LeBaron and van Haaften (1989). It consists of a body of coarsely-crystalline, pale green talc associated with anthophyllite-rich rocks. These occurrences are part of a belt that lie along the W margin of the Elzevier and Weslemkoon tonalites, from Hwy 7 in the S to Weslemkoon Lake in the N. They are hosted in mafic and ultramafic rocks and occur within 2 km of the intrusions.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Talc | Economic | Ore |
File - Resident Geologist 1990, field report
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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Location: Tweed RGP
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 104-6 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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