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Record: MDI41I03NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Panache Lake - 1926
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1997-Mar-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Talc, Soapstone



Location

Township or Area: Caen

Latitude: 46° 14' 5.34"    Longitude: -81° 13' 6.64"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 483151.999   Northing: 5120161    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I03NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The occurrence is located along the northeast shore of Lake Panache, approximately 40 km east of Espanola.



Exploration History

Wilson (1926) reported that the stone was used locally for making pencils for marking on stone, etc.


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Intrudes
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 3 Near
Quartz Arenite 4 Host
Vein 5 Soapstone; Talc Mylonitized Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 27, 2009 (R Degagne) - Lake Panache is predominantly underlain by Huronian metasedimentary rocks which have been intruded by Nipissing diabase. Felsic plutonic rocks and metamorphosed gneiss occur to the north. Soapstone is reported by Wilson (1926) as 'a vein - like body of soapstone 2 or 3 feet wide' occurring within Huronian quartzite. The occurrence is near the contact between the metasedimentary rocks and the diabase. The soapstone would appear to represent an altered inclusion of diabase.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1TalcEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - The stone is soft and grey-green in colour (Wilson 1926).



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Contact

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular .85

References

Mono - Soapstone in Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5764 Page: 123-124  Date: 1991

Author: Gerow M.C., Sherlock E.J., Bellinger J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Sudbury-Manitoulin area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin

Publication Number: R166 Date: 1978

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 272  Date: 1985

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Talc deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 2

Publication Number: Econ Geol 2 Date: 1926

Author: Wilson, M E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102438


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