Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | East MacDonald's Corners - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Talc
Township or Area: Dalhousie
Latitude: 44° 57' 32.03" Longitude: -76° 30' 7.97"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 381518 Northing: 4979482 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C15NE
Point Location Description: Point 1.8 km east of MacDonalds Corners.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: About 1.8 km east of MacDonald’s Corners on Lanark County Road 12. A marble ridge trending northeast, in the southeast corner of the lot and immediately north of a crossroad.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Sharbot Lake
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Tremolite-Bearing | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Talcose | Host |
Sep 15, 2015 (A Wilson) - Approximately 2m of talc-rich marble outcrops on the southeast side of the ridge.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore |
Sep 15, 2015 (A Wilson) - The marble contains approximately 3% talc and is possibly more extensive (and higher grade) under overburden to the southeast.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 162-164 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Clarendon-Dalhousie-Darling area, counties of Frontenac and Lanark
Publication Number: M1956-04 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Peach P.A., Smith B.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Clarendon-Dalhousie area
Publication Number: ARV65-07.001 Date: 1998
Author: Smith B.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sharbot Lake Area
Publication Number: P3440 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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