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| Record Name(s) | Jamieson Lime Quarry - 1923, Goudge Sample 134 - 1938, Horton Township - 1981, OGS Sample MQ5 - 1981, Jamieson Western Quarry - 1912, Du Valiquette Farm - 1923 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)
Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Horton
Latitude: 45° 26' 51.51" Longitude: -76° 39' 2.74"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 370912.003 Northing: 5034005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Renfrew, proceed east from Tim Horton's (highway 60, alias Stewart and Bruce) for 1.9km and turn right on county road 2 toward Burnstown. After 3.1km turn left on Lime Kiln road. The kilns are visible on the right (s) after 0.3km.
1923- circa 1950: Jamieson Lime Company of Renfrew. Limestone was burned in 2 lime kilns located at the quarry, 25-ton daily capacity. High-Ca lime was sold to building trade, partly as rock lime and partly crushed 1/2 inch size.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcitic | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paragneiss | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 3 | Intrudes |
Aug 31, 2011 (A Wilson) - The quarry faces northwest. The quarry is 500 feet long and 250 feet wide and has a face from 25-30 feet high. The marble is a pale blue-grey colour. The beds are thick and strike N70E and dip 30°S. Occasional bands or inclusions rich in silicate and other minerals are observed. Crystals of pyrrhotite, pale green actinolite and black diopside also occur in the limestone adjacent to the paragneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Vesuvianite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Phlogopite | Alteration | 1 |
Aug 31, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Goudge returned the following analysis: 1.16% SiO2, 0.26% Fe2O3, 0.26% Al2O3, 0.06% Ca3(PO4)2, 90.57% CaCO3 and 7.72% Mg CO3. A second sample (134A) collected adjacent to the overlying dolomitic material returned the following analysis: 1.46% SiO2, 0.24% Fe2O3, 0.18% Al2O3, 0.04% Ca3(PO4)2, 89.51% CaCO3 and 8.36% Mg CO3. Up to 2000 tons of lime was produced from the site in 1950. Sample PM99 and PM100 were collected and analyzed by Storey and Vos. Sample PM99 returned: 2.91% SiO2, 0.5% Fe2O3, 0.4% Al2O3, 49.0% CaO and 4.9% MgO. Sample PM100 returned the following analysis: 3.09% SiO2, 0.4% Fe2O3, 0.3% Al2O3, 31.0% CaO and 20.2% MgO
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 328-330 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 169-171, 178-179 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 51-52 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
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: 13 Date: 1970
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV30-01.003 Page: 149 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 63, 103 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 74 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 68-69, 102, 106 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, marbles of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1980 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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