Ontario Mineral Inventory

Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000001462

Record: MDI000000001462

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Elite Blue Quarry - 2012
Related Record Type
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 2012-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By P Sangster
Revised By P Sangster

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Chandos

Latitude: 44° 52' 9.98"    Longitude: -77° 58' 54.52"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 264454.01   Northing: 4972773.1    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SW

Point Location Description: open pit

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: 1.8km east of community of Rose Island



Exploration History

2012 - Private mineral and surface rights - owner D.W. Campbell - operator Wm. Brown Licensed under ARA


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Silicified Is

Lithology Comments

Aug 21, 2012 (P Sangster) - product marketed as "Elite Blue Granite"




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
2012 20000 Resident Geologist Office Files

References

Map - Chandos Township, County of Peterborough, Ontario

Publication Number: M2019 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Shaw D.M., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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