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| Record Name(s) | Ram - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Tremolite
Secondary Commodities: Talc, Mica
Township or Area: Palmerston
Latitude: 44° 54' 17.19" Longitude: -76° 44' 18.03"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 362765.298 Northing: 4973841.901 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C15NE
Point Location Description: Precise , dot symbol Talc, between Cross Lake and Robertsville.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The deposit is reached by approximately 4 km of dirt road leading west from the mill on Highway 509 near Robertsville.
1946: Test pits were put down in 1946 by Montgomery and Scott of Havelock. 1979: RAM Petroleums Limited leased the property and erected a mill. 1982 - 1986: up to 15,000 tpa of tremolite was produced for use in asphalt road construction. (OFR 5714, p62).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1095 | 31C15NW0030 | 31C15NW0030 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - a zone of talc-tremolite schist 50 feet (15m) wide was exposed intermittently over a length of 1000 feet (300 m). The strike is east-west and the dip of the schist is vertical. The band is strongly dragfolded.' Hewitt'.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Diopside | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
May 01, 2008 (D Laidlaw) - A milled product consisting of 80 to 95% tremolite and 5 to 20% combined talc and mica has been produced by RAM Petroleums Ltd. (OFR 5714, p62). Proven reserves are reported to be 1.55 Mt of tremolite, 220,000 t of mica and 110,000 of talc (Industrial Minerals, June 1986, p.7).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mica | 1986 | Proven | 220000 | OFR 5714, p62 | Mica | |
| Tremolite | 1986 | Proven | 1500000 | OFR 5714, p62 | Tremolite | |
| Talc | 1986 | Proven | 110000 | OFR 5714, p62 | Talc |
Book - Northern Miner 80-05-29, Ram Profit, p. 20
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 85-12-09, Commercial, p. 2
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
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Part - Geology of the Clarendon-Dalhousie area
Publication Number: ARV65-07.001 Page: 45 Date: 1998
Author: Smith B.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 17 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Talc in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR040 Page: 23 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 289 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Ardoch area, Frontenac County
Publication Number: R241 Page: 48 Date: 1988
Author: Pauk L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Dalhousie Lake area, Frontenac and Lanark counties
Publication Number: R245 Page: 48-51 Date: 1990
Author: Pauk L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 62 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Journal - Industrial Minerals
Publication Number: Page: 7 Date: 1986
Author:
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