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MDI000000001596
| Record Name(s) | John M. Jamieson Property - 1933, Forester Falls Quarry - 1938 |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2013-May-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 40' 41.28" Longitude: -76° 45' 14.72"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 363392 Northing: 5059783 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10NW
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The quarry is adjacent to and on the northern side of the road in lot 10, 1.6 km east of the CNR crossing.
The quarries were operated for lime production by the Jamieson Lime Company. An old lime kiln and three abandoned quarries occur here.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomite Marble | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Hornblende | Adjacent |
May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - Three quarries were once in production at the site. The quarries range from 10 to 20 feet in depth. The limestone is described a coarsely crystalline, impure, grey, Grenville dolomite and medium-grained bluish grey calcium. Bands of hornblende gneiss are exposed in the third quarry.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Tremolite | Economic | Gangue |
May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Goudge assayed 0.70% Fe2O3, 4.90% Al2O3, 0.04 Ca3(PO4)2, 86.73 CaCO3 and 5.46% MgCO3. Lime was produced at this site.
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
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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 - Cobden, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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