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| Record Name(s) | Bruce Mines Trap Rock Quarry - 1916, Dominion Trap Rock - 1913, Martin International Trap Rock Company - 1914 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Trap Rock
Township or Area: Plummer Additional
Latitude: 46° 17' 47.15" Longitude: -83° 46' 8.8"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 286733.002 Northing: 5130711.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05SW
Point Location Description: quarry face
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From sign post "638 north" on highway 17 going east right outside of the limit of Bruce Mines town, drive 1.6km on the left there is a sign "Ontario Trap Rock". Take right and drive 1km to the dock. On the right there is a cliff face. This is the old quarry. In front of it, there are sediment piles.
1913-14: Martin International Trap Rock - quarrying, crushing. 1916-1919: Bruce Mines Trap Rock Company - operating
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Jun 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - The quarry is in an area mapped as diabase, gabbro, metagabbro and granophyre.
Jun 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - About 750 tons per day were crushed and sized daily during the operating season. The product was used to build the American Sault locks and for road building in the United States
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Massive |
Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 143
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 143 Scale: Date: 1925
Author: Collins, W.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100853
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The north shore of Lake Huron, summary report on geology and mineral industry
Publication Number: ARV24-01.007 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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