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Record: MDI31C11SW00089

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Curtis Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 33' 5.75"    Longitude: -77° 29' 41.11"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 301846.675   Northing: 4936167.87    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Point 5.4 km NW of Madoc.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Turn right at Hazzards Road off of Hwy 62. Proceed 0.4 km to gate on right hand side of road. The quarry is located 0.6 km from the gate.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Calcitic serpentinized marble - green and white aphanitic to fine crystalline. The marble is intruded by rhyolite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ActinoliteEconomicOre
10HematiteEconomicOre
15MagnetiteEconomicOre
20SerpentineEconomicOre
25TremoliteEconomicOre
30TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 109  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble

Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 40-41  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 73  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 21  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec, Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41

Publication Number: GSC MR 41 Page: 85  Date: 1987

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460


Mono - Report of Activities 1997, Resident Geologists Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist's Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre

Publication Number: OFR5974 Page: 1-2  Date: 1998

Author: Sangster P.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Laidlaw D.A., Stewart J.M., Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - The limestones of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 62  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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