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Record: MDI31F01NE00031

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lavallee - 1876
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-May-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Ramsay

Latitude: 45° 9' 3.07"    Longitude: -76° 12' 43.2"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 404726.94   Northing: 5000422.9    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: point 2.2 km south of Galbraith.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

used in the production of lime.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Central St. Lawrence Lowland



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 31, 2017 (A Wilson) - This lime was made from a beautiful white limestone found in the Township of Ramsay. Mr. Lavallee of Carlton Place made about ten thousand bushels.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada, and notes on a stratigraphical collection of rocks; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 405

Publication Number: SR 405 Page: 85, 112  Date: 1876

Author: Geological Corps of Canada

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216063


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 62  Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Second Session of the Third Parliament of the Province of Ontario, Session 1877 p. 85, 112

Publication Number: Date: 1876

Author:

Publisher Name: unknown

Location: Southern Onrtario


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