Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Blairs Settlement - 1990, Newboro Pluton - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: North Crosby
Latitude: 44° 38' 17.18" Longitude: -76° 21' 37.79"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 392099 Northing: 4943650 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NW
Point Location Description: outcrop 3.7 km east of Blairs Settlement
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Roadcut.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Host |
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Sep 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - The stone is a very attractive, reddish-brown syenite which is very competent and has few flaws. However, the site is adjacent to a large quartz dike and a zone of pegmatitic material, and the rock locally contains mafic stringers.
Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5706 Scale: Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Chevrier R.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Geology, Westport, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1182A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1967
Author: Wynne-Edwards, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
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