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| Record Name(s) | H & H Aggregates Quarry - 1985, Canadian Dolomite Quarry - 1960, Smith Quarry - 1960 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)
Secondary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material), Dolomite (flux/filler)
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 34' 27.4" Longitude: -76° 44' 52.58"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 363619.18 Northing: 5048234.55 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10SE
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Hwy 653, 2.1 km east of Hwy 17, a dirt road leads north for a distance of 300 m to the old Smith quarry. The entrance to the H&H quarry is 1.6 km east of Hwy 17, then 500 m north on a road.
1960: Canadian Dolomite Company : in production at the Smith Quarry; dolomitic marble quarried for production of marble chips (terrazzo) and stucco plaster filler 1985 to present: H & H Aggregates: quarrying of dolomite NW of old Smith Quarry for production of concrete brick and landscaping stone.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Dolomitic | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Granitic-Dioritic | Adjacent |
May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - The area is underlain by a northerly-trending belt of carbonate and clastic metasediments that varies in width from 4 to 8 km, flanked to the east by gneissic granitic/dioritic rocks, amphibolite schist and gabbro. A 30 m wide band of high-purity dolomitic marble strikes 320º and dips 45º E. The high-purity band is flanked on either side by interlayered calcitic and dolomitic marbles containing up to 10% serpentine and minor amounts of graphite and hematite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Goethite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Mica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Talc | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - A sample of the high-purity marble collected by the OGS in 1990 assayed 0.39% SiO2, <0.01% Al2O3, 0.08% Fe2O3, 21.4% MgO, 30.8% CaO. The marble has a CaO:MgO ratio of 1.44, has a loss of ignition of 46.9% and has a brightness of 90.7%.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 2900 | 30 | 320 | 45 | OFR5712 , pg 115 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5000 | approximately 5000 tonnes are quarried annually |
Mono - Precambrian dolomite resources in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5712 Page: 115-117 Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., MacKinnon A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50
Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 62 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 197 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 79 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 17 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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:
MonoMap - Summary of metallogeny, Renfrew County area
Publication Number: R212 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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