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| Record Name(s) | Danford Gneiss Quarry - 2008 |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 2008-Aug-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gneiss, Aggregate
Township or Area: Elzevir
Latitude: 44° 34' .16" Longitude: -77° 13' 1.37"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 323950 Northing: 4937210 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SE
Point Location Description: Location taken with GPS at gates to the quarry.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Travel east from Highways 37 and 7 to quarry entrance on south side of highway 7.
2003: Jim Byer completed the construction of an access road, removal of vegetation and stripping of overburden in preparation for MTO testing for high specification aggregate. 2003 and 2004: Danford Granite Ltd. removed a bulk sample, 3,266 metric tons were drilled, blasted and removed for testing. The properties in Hungerford Township were staked by J. Byer in 2009 and transferred to Danford Granite Ltd. in 2011. 2011: bedrock sampling and geochemical analysis. 2012: 6 diamond drill-holes totaling 275.25m (including 2 holes in the already operating quarry in Elzevir Township.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Tweed file Elzevir #28 | 31C11SE2002 | 31C11SE2002 |
| Tweed file Elzevir #29 | 20000000227 | 20000000227 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Mazinaw
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Aug 22, 2016 (L Hall) - The property is underlain by the northern margin of the Addington pluton, a foliated to gneissic biotite granite and quartz monzonite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granitic | Is |
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| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 2005 | 3300 | OFR6186, 2006, p8-9 | Bulk Sample |
Mono - Report of Activities 2005, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6186 Page: 8-9 Date: 2006
Author: Sangster P.J., Laidlaw D.A., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Barua M., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Kakagi Lake Area Lake Sediment Geochemical Survey, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR6188 Page: 8-9 Date: 2006
Author: Dyer R.D., Ravnaas C., Felix V.E., Russell D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2012, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern Ontario and Southwestern Ontario Districts, and Petroleum Operations
Publication Number: OFR6288 Page: 44-45 Date: 2013
Author: Sangster P.J., LeBaron P.S., Charbonneau S.J., Laidlaw D.A., Wilson A.C., Carter T.R., Fortner L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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