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| Record Name(s) | Mephisto Quarry 1 - 1997, Mephisto Calcite Quarry - 1997 |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2006-Aug-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Calcite (Structural Material), Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Mayo, Cashel
Latitude: 45° 0' 12.72" Longitude: -77° 35' 53.32"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 295239 Northing: 4986627.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SE
Point Location Description: Point taken from assessment file map.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Property access can be achieved by road north from the settlement of Gunter along the Egan Creek Road and the Crooked Lake Trail.
1995: Allen Dubblestein stripped an area to expose white calcite marble and diamond drilled using a pack sack drill. Assessment file no. 22. 1997: Allen Dubblestein stripped an area, prospected, mapped and sampled the trenches using a pack sack diamond drill. Tweed file no. 23, 2.17876. 2000: Property brought to lease. 2001: Upper Canada Stone Company Ltd. of Mississauga performed reverse circulation-style drilling, outcrop stripping and a bulk sampling program. Tweed file no. 24, 1997: Upper Canada Stone Company Ltd. - site commences operation. February 2024: There is no active licence for this quarry, and it is not listed on the Upper Canada Stone Company website as one of their current operating quarries.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Mayo Tp. No.22, Cashel Tp. No. 17 31F04SE0003 | 31F04SE0003 | 31F04SE0003 |
| W9690-00036 | 31F04SE0001 | 31F04SE0001 |
| Mayo Tp. No. 24 | 31F04SE2002 | 31F04SE2002 |
| 2.19716 | 31F04SE2001 | 31F04SE2001 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Host |
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| Amphibolite | 2 | Adjacent |
Sep 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - The marble is white to off-white, fine to coarse grained calcite marble with localized graphitic lenses and clastic impurities. The marble unit appears to strike approximately 180 degrees and dip steeply to the east. Outcrops of well banded amphibolite have been noted outside the property boundary to the west.
Sep 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - Upper Canada Stone markets: Veri-white calcite sand (1/2 and ¼ inch) for aggregates, and Veri-white calcite boulders for a variety of outdoor applications.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Decorative Aggregate |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area
Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1998
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Dungannon and Mayo townships, County of Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1955-08 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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