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MDI31D09NW00019
| Record Name(s) | Rutter Granite Company - 1963 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: Cavendish
Latitude: 44° 42' 57.91" Longitude: -78° 20' 15.97"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 710859 Northing: 4954860 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NW
Point Location Description: Point on east side of Hwy 507 just east of Horseshoe Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From the junction of Hwys 36 and 507 travel north on Hwy 507 for 13 km . The site is in this area on the east side of Hwy 507.
1963 : Rutter Granite Company - quarried and tested this red granite. They were active in the exploration of granite for monument and building stone purposes.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Red Medium-Grained Biotite Granite | Host |
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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 5, granite and gneiss
Publication Number: IMR019 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township and Environs, Grenville Province
Publication Number: P3605 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2010
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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