Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C10SE00031
| Record Name(s) | Verona Quarries - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Feb-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Portland
Latitude: 44° 30' 41.84" Longitude: -76° 37' 58.09"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 370221.257 Northing: 4929996.761 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: North of eastern half of Fourteen Island Lake.
1925 - 1929: actively mined by Verona Quarries Ltd., of Hamilton, Ontario. Production is stated to have been at the rate of 2,000 to 3,000 tons per year. Most of the production was from a large pit, 250 by 40 by 80 feet deep. (DEMR/CANMET #731, p40).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 37, 40, 85 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Book - Geology and Minerals of Ontario
Publication Number: Page: 366 Date: 1929
Author:
Publisher Name: Garden City Press
Location: Tweed RGP
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 18 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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