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Record: MDI31D16SE00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Tallan Creek - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-31
Date Last Modified 2022-May-10
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Chandos

Latitude: 44° 49' 3.22"    Longitude: -78° 3' 15.12"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 732910.401   Northing: 4966906.183    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.6 Km W of Tallan Creek on Hwy 620.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From the junction of Hwys 620 and 28 at Apsley turn east and drive 0.2 ml to the stop sign, turning left to Chandos Lake. Drive 4 ml to the largest roadcut. Occurrence is believed to be W of the location point in lot 4 rather than lot 7.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - ( red and black ) garnet, (green ) diopside and ( black ) tourmaline. Some black garnets have been found in or near the woods to the left of the cut - see also MP 39, P46.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5DiopsideEconomicOre
10GarnetEconomicOre
15TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39

Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 46  Date: 1996

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


Book - PETERSON 1978, #8A

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Book - Resident Geologist file 1985

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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Location: Tweed RGP


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