Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Rock of Ages - 1981, Fairmount Granite Co. - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: Pittsburgh
Latitude: 44° 27' 43.7" Longitude: -76° 21' 5.01"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 392497.591 Northing: 4924091.766 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08NW
Point Location Description: Point 4.1 km NE of Battersea, Ontario.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From the intersection of Highway #401 and Montreal road, (at Kingston, Ontario), interchange # 619, drive north to Battersea, Ontario on County road # 11. From Battersea proceed 4.1 km north to the quarry site located on the east side of the road.
The quarry was opened in 1981 by Rock of Ages Corp. The planned production for 1985 was 20,000 cu. ft. and this material was going to be shipped to British Columbia, Quebec, Japan and Vermont. The recovery in the quarry is 35% to 40%. The total available quarry area is approximately 300 feet by 400 feet. The estimated life span for this quarry was 5 years. Average quarry block size that has been removed measures 7.5 ft by 4 ft by 5 ft.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The granite weathers light pinkish white, while the fresh surface is pink in colour. The grain size is medium to coarse while the texture is foliated to massive. The joint pattern tends to be limited and regular allowing potential quarry block size to be in the nature of 2 m by 2 m by 1.5 m. A trace of pyrite was noted along with chlorite in chloritic seams. Quartz veining is discontinuous and boudinaged in the outcrop. A weak fabric was noted where mafic minerals were aligned.
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 92 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 193-9 Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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