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Record: MDI31C15SE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sharbot Lake - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1982-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Oso

Latitude: 44° 49' 41.2"    Longitude: -76° 39' 27.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 368952.853   Northing: 4965192.853    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: First main intersection East of Oso Station on secondary road, that heads North.



Exploration History

1962-63, Angelstone Ltd., quarried several hundered tons of white and grey medium crystalline marble. Two quarries opened up: one measuring 9.1 m x 9.1 m x 1.8 m deep; the second quarry was opened up on a 7.6 m high outcrop ridge of marble, (IMR 16). Sabina (1970) notes minor amounts of mica and tremolite in the marbles, (GSC Paper 69-50). Building Stone Inventory, sample site 86-Oso-012, potential for quarrying blocks is rated as fair. Former marble quarry, suitable for small scale uses, (OFR 5706).




Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 16-20  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Ontario limestone quarries, 1963

Publication Number: M2059 Scale: 1:1,013,760    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 16  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble

Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 58-60  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 84  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5706 Page: 501-3  Date: 1989

Author: LeBaron P.S., Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Chevrier R.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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: 72, 83-94  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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