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MDI31C15NE00006
| Record Name(s) | Marlhill - 1981, Robertsville Station - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Jul-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Calcite
Township or Area: Palmerston
Latitude: 44° 53' 40.57" Longitude: -76° 43' 17.56"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 364067.298 Northing: 4972683.889 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C15NE
Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Calc about 3 km WSW of Robertsville.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The quarry is located 2.5 km west of the village of Robertsville and is accessible by a gravel road extending west from the village (GR 245 p48).
Late 1940s - Marlhill Mines Limited quarried calcite for use in the pulp industry (GR 245, p48). Quarried calcite was screened to remove fines and shipped by rail to Deseronto, then by boat to Baie Comeau in Quebec.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - A vein of white to creamy coarse crystalline calcite was quarried. The vein opening is about 25 m wide, about 110 m long, and 8 to 12 m deep. (GR 245, p48).
Publication - Summary report of investigations made by the Mines Branch during the calendar year ending December 31, 1921; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 586
Publication Number: CMB Pub 586 Page: 15 Date: 1923
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20739
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 73-74 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Book - DEPT OF INT 1930, P15
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 116 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Part - Geology of the Clarendon-Dalhousie area
Publication Number: ARV65-07.001 Page: 42-44 Date: 1998
Author: Smith B.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 17 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 158 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of the Dalhousie Lake area, Frontenac and Lanark counties
Publication Number: R245 Page: 48 Date: 1990
Author: Pauk L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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