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Record: MDI31C11NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Queensborough Creek - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Elzevir

Latitude: 44° 38' 39.42"    Longitude: -77° 23' 23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 310490.758   Northing: 4946214.048    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11NW

Point Location Description: Point 6 km NE of Queensborough.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - 86-ELZ-001 : quartz diorite to granodiorite of the Elzevir Granite. Grey, medium-grained, weakly foliated (rarely massive) with moderate to intensive jointing. Low potential for quarry blocks.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

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