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Record: MDI31C09SE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A.C. Brown - 1984, Rideau Granite - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1984-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Leeds

Latitude: 44° 30' 51.88"    Longitude: -76° 12' 11.75"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 404366.667   Northing: 4929713.843    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: West end of Lyndhurst Granite, 4.5 km west of Sweets Corners.



Exploration History

Used for building, paving, monument stone and terazzo. Known as 'Lyndhurst Rose'.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - The granite industry of Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 846

Publication Number: CMB Pub 846 Page: 135-136  Date: 1955

Author: Carr, G.F.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307982


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone

Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 10-11  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - North Leeds planning area: North and South Crosby, South Burgess, Bastard and Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne townships, Leeds County, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5142 Page: 7-8  Date: 1975

Author: Brinsmead R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 89  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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