Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Old Hwy 15 Road Cut - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Tremolite, Mineral Specimen
Secondary Commodities: Talc
Township or Area: Elmsley
Latitude: 44° 47' 7.77" Longitude: -76° 6' 16.48"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 412618 Northing: 4959714.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: roadcut on old Highway 15
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Approximately 2.9 km south of the Otter Lake Road, Highway 15 junction on a side road. Drive south from Otter Lake on Highway 15 for 1.75 km, turn left (east) onto Old Highway 15 and follow to the endof the road.
Note: Mineral Collecting Site.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Metamorphism Type: Regional
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Impure | Is |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Is |
Aug 04, 2016 (R Easton) - Weathered an vegetated roadcuts between 65 and 100 m long on both sides of old Highway 15, which is now a side-road cut off from the current Highway 15. Tremolite, talc and mica are present but are not gemstone quality. The site is not a mineral collecting spot but is simply noted as a roadcut exposure on Highway 15 at the 47.8 m mark, roughly 2.9 km of current Highway 15 and Otter Lake road junction.
Sep 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - Road cuts expose a marble gneiss contact. Colourless grey and greenish tremolite and quartz are abundant in the marble, massive light green talc occurring as alteration of the tremolite. Silvery-amber mica (2 inch) and fine pyrite are also present.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St. Jean, Quebec;; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51
Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977
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