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Record: MDI31C05NE00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bonter Marble - 1982, Crowe River - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-May-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Marmora

Latitude: 44° 29' 35.11"    Longitude: -77° 41' 45.36"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 285652.636   Northing: 4930176.788    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05NE

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 1 km east of Crow Lake, NW of Marmora.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1938: The property was operated by Bonter Marble and Calcium company for the production of building stone, stucco, terrazzo chips, poultry grit, and for the production of artificial stone.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale:     Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble

Publication Number: IMR016 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Geology of Belmont, Marmora, and southern Methuen townships, Peterborough and Hastings counties

Publication Number: OFR5537 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5585 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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