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Record: MDI000000000609

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Nestorville Quarry - 1995, Smelter Bay Aggregates - 1995
Related Record Type
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 2008-Nov-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By Sheree Hinz

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Trap Rock



Location

Township or Area: Lefroy

Latitude: 46° 17' 24.82"    Longitude: -83° 36' 23.71"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 299227   Northing: 5129597    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05SE

Point Location Description: approximate centre of claim CL8900

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1994: Smelter Bay Aggregates completed industrial mineral testing, drilling, blasting, sampling, prospecting. 1995-2009: Smelter Bay Aggregates Limited was in production. The product is shipped from the deep-water port at Thessalon. 2009: Production ceased


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.15538 41J05SE0007 41J05SE0007
2.24367 41J05SE2001 41J05SE2001

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 24, 2008 (A Wilson) - The quarry produces construction aggregate, abrasives and roofing granules from Nipissing diabase.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5943 Scale:     Date: 1996

Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6247 Scale:     Date: 2010

Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Beauchamp S.A., Bousquet P., Butorac S., Draper D.M., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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