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| Record Name(s) | Carswell Property - 1945, St. Pierre Lake - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Jan-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Blithfield
Latitude: 45° 16' 29.13" Longitude: -76° 48' 46.74"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 357794.003 Northing: 5015071.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07SW
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed southwest from Calabogie on highway 508 for 6.8km to the vicinity of St Pierre Lake. Turn north on gravel road that comprises part of old route of hwy 508 for 100m to junction with trail to left (RR 6702a). Walk up trail for 50m to old cabin and a further 50m to small overgrown pit on left.
pre-1944: stope and pit 1945-46: L.M. Carswell - in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble | 2 | Dolomitic | Host | |
| Paragneiss | 3 | Adjacent |
Aug 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - At the main cut, the marble is sheared and altered to a pale-green rock consisting of serpentine, talc, calcite, tremolite and more rarely chlorite. Asbestos and coarse calcite fill the slips. The marble belt is flanked to the north by paragneiss and to the south by paragneiss intruded by granite and quartz monzonite. The units trend northeast and dip moderately to steeply southeast.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - At the main occurrence, the asbestos forms veins ranging from paper-thin to 3 inches in width. The fibers range from 1 to 4 inches in length. The width of the asbestos vein in the trench is from paper-thin to 2 inches.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 6 | ARV54 pt 1 p. 1 | 1945-46 a small tonnage of tremolite asbestos valued at $2925.00 was produced. 7 tons reportedly sold in 1944 | |
| 1943 | 3 | ARV55 pt 1 p. 35 | 1943-44: 7124 pounds of fibre valued at $2616 was sold to Johns-Manville Company Limited |
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 26 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 19 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 289 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5714 Page: 199-200 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., van Haaften S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 196 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc deposits in Ontario
Publication Number: MDC001 Page: 2 Date: 1954
Author: Thomson J.E., Carlson H.D., Ferguson S.A., Pye E.G., Savage W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1944
Publication Number: ARV54-02.001 Page: 1 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines in Ontario in 1945
Publication Number: ARV55-02.001 Page: 1 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines in Ontario in 1945
Publication Number: ARV55-02.001 Page: 35 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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