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MDI31C07NE00113
| Record Name(s) | Rideau Aggregate Company - 1963, Verona Quarry - 1960 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-May-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Portland
Latitude: 44° 28' 50.55" Longitude: -76° 42' 2.85"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 364746 Northing: 4926673 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07NE
Point Location Description: quarry site south of Vanluven Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: At Verona.
1948: Verona Rock Products – production of poultry grit and stucco dash from limestone. Circa-1963: rock chips produced from the site
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Sharbot Lake
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonalite | 2 | Tonalite To Granodiorite | Is |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Dec 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - The quarry produced stone chips in a variety of colours
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
Book - The Canadian Mineral Industry in 1948, p. 94
Publication Number: 829 Date: 1950
Author:
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location:
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Page: 32 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 86 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Tichborne Area
Publication Number: P3442 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Portland and Loughborough townships, Frontenac County
Publication Number: OFR5144 Date: 1975
Author: Brinsmead R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Tichborne-Sydenham area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2413 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carson D.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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