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| Record Name(s) | Green Quarry - 1960, Royal Green Marble Quarry - 2015, Concession XIV, Lot 1 - 1960 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1981-Oct-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
Secondary Commodities: Tremolite, Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Huntingdon
Latitude: 44° 28' 40.84" Longitude: -77° 33' 1.47"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 297170.722 Northing: 4928130.744 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C05NE
Point Location Description: General, Outcrop unit 4C between property symbol 52 and map symbol Mb.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive 1.4km west of Hwy 62 on Hwy 7. Turn left and drive 1.2km (go through old Hwy 7 intersection). Turn right at T intersection and drive 5.4km. Walk up laneway on right.
Terrazzo chip quarry opened about 1960, is licensed and is operated intermittently. The property is currently held by Upper Canada Stone Company Ltd, and produces terrazzo flooring aggregate, large accent boulders, crated boulders and 1 1/4" landscape stone.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Domain: Belmont
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Host |
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May 04, 2022 (P LeBaron) - The marble was described by Hewitt (1964) as “a remarkably strong and hard marble” consisting of calcite, chlorite and serpentine grains with “serrate irregular borders which contribute to high strength”. Petrographic thin section examination by Wilson (2014) of a sample of green marble from the Huntingdon quarry (TW-14-01) indicated tremolite content of 88%, giving a more accurate explanation for the strength and hardness of the green marble and indicating the potential for the discovery of nephrite jade zones.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue |
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 13-14 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 50-51 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 3-4, 25 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 64 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 236-40 Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 156-157 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Location:
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