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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C08SW00038

Record: MDI31C08SW00038

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Betz - 1991, Betz Green Granite - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-May-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-29
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Pittsburgh

Latitude: 44° 19' 21.4"    Longitude: -76° 23' 49.45"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 388599.574   Northing: 4908654.585    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Northeast side of Highway 15, 3.2 km north of Kingston Mills.



Exploration History

It has been used in granite wall veneer in several Toronto area buildings including the Constellation Hotel at Malton. (IMR 19, p3-4).




Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: IMR019 Page: 3-4  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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

Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 144-6  Date: 1986

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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