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Record: MDI31C08SW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Findley - 1982, Findlay Station - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Aug-23
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Pittsburgh

Latitude: 44° 20' 33.68"    Longitude: -76° 16' 5.49"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 398910.654   Northing: 4910717.622    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: Stone symbol SE of the Town of Findley, S of railway line, lot 32, conc. 1.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is 400 m south of the railway line near Findley Station.



Exploration History

Campbell and Lattimore operated the quarry between 1921 to 1925. The syenite was used for ashlar and some veneer.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Investigations of mineral resources and the mining industry, 1926; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 687

Publication Number: CMB Pub 687 Page: 66-67  Date: 1928

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19858


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 5, granite and gneiss

Publication Number: IMR019 Page: 4-5  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 86  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 Page: 140-4  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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